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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. When was "Oedipus Rex" first performed?
(a) 249 A.D.
(b) 429 A.D.
(c) 429 B.C.
(d) 249 B.C.

2. Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) August Strindberg.
(d) William Shakespeare.

3. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Friend.
(d) Interest.

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. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?
(a) Bone structure.
(b) Anatomy.
(c) Skeleton.
(d) Whole being.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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"?

4. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

5. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.

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