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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: General, Chapters 1 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of "Hedda Gabler", the heroine has just returned home from _____.
(a) The market.
(b) Her honeymoon.
(c) The neighbor's house.
(d) Church.

2. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Varied.
(c) Likeable.
(d) Well-defined.

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

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

5. Hedda Gabler's father in the play of the same name is _____.
(a) A sergeant.
(b) A general.
(c) A lieutenant.
(d) A corporal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play "Dinner at Eight"?

2. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?

3. What does Egri define as the no-return point and the highest in the scene?

4. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

5. What term refers to a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or of testing a principle?

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