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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 term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?
(a) Peace.
(b) Static.
(c) Boring.
(d) Drama.

2. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.
(a) Accomplishments.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Environment.
(d) Luck.

3. According to the author, it is essential that the main character have no _____ toward his ends.
(a) Alternative.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Battle.
(d) Conflict.

4. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?
(a) Interest.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Friend.

5. Who kills Macbeth at the end of "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Siward.
(b) Fleance.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Malcolm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach, the author exemplifies his approach by creating a female character who turns to _____.

2. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?

3. What French writer and critic born in 1849 said every play needs a goal?

4. When was Lajos Egri born?

5. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?

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