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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) An individual.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) An aesthetic.
(d) A principled person.

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

3. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?
(a) "There Will be No Performance".
(b) "Believe Me or Not".
(c) "Rapid Transit".
(d) "Devils".

4. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) John Howard Lawson.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Langston Hughes.

5. What does Lajos Egri claim is the premise of "Othello"?
(a) "Great love defies even death."
(b) "Jealousy destroys itself and the object of its love."
(c) "Love rewards death."
(d) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?

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

3. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

4. When did Lajos Egri die?

5. Book II, Character, Chapter 2: Environment discusses how a man's environment, health, and what will shape him into what he is?

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