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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. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Shoots himself.
(b) Hangs himself.
(c) Cuts his wrist.
(d) Blinds himself.

2. What term refers to a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the hero of a work of drama or literature?
(a) Obligation.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Villain.

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

4. Whom does Oedipus marry?
(a) Ione.
(b) Acredes.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Phoebe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.

3. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?

4. It is the job of the character to prove what?

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

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