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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. Where has Nora arrived from in the beginning of "A Doll's House"?
(a) Shoe shopping.
(b) Christmas shopping.
(c) The hair salon.
(d) Grocery shopping.

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

3. What term is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; a basis of argument. A proposition stated or assumed as leading to a conclusion"?
(a) Axiom.
(b) Premise.
(c) Assumption.
(d) Prerogative.

4. The author claims that a man's _____ will react to something that affects him physically more so than his body.
(a) Spirit.
(b) Mind.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Heart.

5. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.
(a) Premise.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?

2. From whom did Nora borrow money in "A Doll's House"?

3. When did Lajos Egri die?

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

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

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