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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. When was Lajos Egri born?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1899.

2. The author undoubtedly wants his characters to be the play in order to express _____.
(a) The premise.
(b) The plot.
(c) The suspense.
(d) The ending.

3. 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?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Heraclitus.

4. Who is Macbeth's friend and a general in the army in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Banquo.
(b) Macduff.
(c) Donalbain.
(d) Lennox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri claim is the premise of "Othello"?

2. What was Lajos Egri's profession when he arrived in the United States?

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

4. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?

5. Where was Lajos Egri born?

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