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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 refers to a person represented in a drama or story?
(a) Heroine.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Character.
(d) Hero.

2. 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?
(a) He is allergic to dogs.
(b) He owns several cats.
(c) His wife hates stray animals.
(d) He thinks it will bite him.

3. Who is Macbeth's friend and a general in the army in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Lennox.
(b) Macduff.
(c) Banquo.
(d) Donalbain.

4. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?
(a) Whole being.
(b) Anatomy.
(c) Skeleton.
(d) Bone structure.

5. What is needed to make life keep constantly going, according to the author in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?
(a) Motion.
(b) Faith.
(c) Determination.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that a man's _____ will react to something that affects him physically more so than his body.

2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?

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

4. It is the job of the character to prove what?

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

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