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

2. What French writer and critic born in 1849 said every play needs a goal?
(a) Pierre de Ronsard.
(b) Jean Michel Jarre.
(c) Ferdinand Brunetière.
(d) Jean Giraudoux.

3. What character element is established from detailing his body and health, the people around him and his environment, and his mind?
(a) Pentadimensionality.
(b) Bidimensionality.
(c) Tridimensionality.
(d) Quadradimensionality.

4. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count Paris.
(b) Count Bordeaux.
(c) Count Toulouse.
(d) Count Marseille.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What French author and dramatist is cited in Book I: The Premise as stating "How can you tell what road to take unless you know where you are going?"

2. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?

3. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?

4. What term refers to a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the hero of a work of drama or literature?

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

(see the answer key)

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