View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) John Howard Lawson.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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

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

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

5. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?
(a) Peace.
(b) Boring.
(c) Static.
(d) Drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?

2. What refers to a settlement of differences by mutual concessions, an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims?

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

4. What are defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion?

5. What character element is established from detailing his body and health, the people around him and his environment, and his mind?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 209 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample