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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. Who is Nora's husband in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Torvald.
(b) Dr. Linde.
(c) Krogstad.
(d) Dr. Rank.

2. What term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?
(a) Environment.
(b) Challenges.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Destiny.

3. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Faith.
(b) Education.
(c) Environment.
(d) Upbringing.

4. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?
(a) Commotion.
(b) Craziness.
(c) Contradiction.
(d) Kinetic energy.

5. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) "Love rewards death."
(b) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."
(c) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(d) "Great love defies even death."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?

2. According to the author, the opposing force of the antagonist absolutely must be _____.

3. Whom does Oedipus marry?

4. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?

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