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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must every planned sprint have, according to the author in Book I: The Premise?
(a) Resting points.
(b) A destination.
(c) A starting gun.
(d) A start line.

2. Who translated Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society" to English?
(a) Lajos Egri.
(b) William Archer.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) August Strindberg.

3. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count Toulouse.
(b) Count Bordeaux.
(c) Count Paris.
(d) Count Marseille.

4. What has a reigning power in the presence of a written piece of work according to Lajos Egri?
(a) Character.
(b) Plot.
(c) Catharsis.
(d) Structure.

5. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?
(a) Drama.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Tale.
(d) Plot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. Whom was Plato a student of?

4. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. What term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?

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