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

2. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?
(a) Accomplishment.
(b) Arete.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Virtue.

3. What must every planned sprint have, according to the author in Book I: The Premise?
(a) A destination.
(b) A start line.
(c) A starting gun.
(d) Resting points.

4. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.
(a) The pivotal character.
(b) The presentation.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The forces of good.

5. Whom was Plato a student of?
(a) Xenophanes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Heraclitus.
(d) Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.

2. "Romeo and Juliet" begins with a feud between the Capulets and _____.

3. What term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?

4. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?

5. When did Lajos Egri die?

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