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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 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) Plot.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Tale.

2. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?
(a) Commotion.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Craziness.
(d) Kinetic energy.

3. When did Lajos Egri die?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1967.

4. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?
(a) Accomplishment.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Arete.

5. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) In conflict.
(b) Motivating.
(c) At stake for them.
(d) Enlightening.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who hid Desdemona's handkerchief in Cassio's lodging in "Othello"?

3. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?

4. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?

5. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?

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