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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. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.
(a) The narrator.
(b) The pivotal character.
(c) The forces of good.
(d) The presentation.

2. What term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?
(a) Endurance.
(b) Environment.
(c) Destiny.
(d) Challenges.

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

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

5. In Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach, the author exemplifies his approach by creating a female character who turns to _____.
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Prostitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?

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

3. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.

4. Why can't the man in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites take the dog home?

5. What term refers to any contest or struggle?

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