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

2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?
(a) "Love rewards death."
(b) "Jealousy destroys itself and the object of its love."
(c) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(d) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."

3. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Seyton.
(b) Banquo.
(c) Lennox.
(d) King Duncan.

4. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Dr. Rank.
(b) Christine.
(c) Nora.
(d) Krogstad.

5. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His wife.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lajos Egri come to the United States?

2. Who translated Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society" to English?

3. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?

4. Who is the father of Oedipus?

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

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