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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 4 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Lajos Egri's profession when he arrived in the United States?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Garment worker.
(c) Chimney sweep.
(d) Shoe shiner.

2. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) At stake for them.
(b) In conflict.
(c) Motivating.
(d) Enlightening.

3. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?
(a) Pivotal character.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Hero.
(d) Protagonist.

4. Whom does Oedipus marry?
(a) Acredes.
(b) Ione.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Phoebe.

5. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?
(a) "Rapid Transit".
(b) "Believe Me or Not".
(c) "There Will be No Performance".
(d) "Devils".

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lajos Egri come to the United States?

2. According to the author, it is essential that the main character have no _____ toward his ends.

3. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?

4. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

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