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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 the process of finding two differing bodies, making them the protagonist and antagonist, and making these characters so well defined that you are allowed to put them into a situation in which they are unable to make a compromise?
(a) Conflict creation.
(b) Dramatic writing.
(c) Orchestration.
(d) Conflict escalation.

2. Where is the man who meets the dog going in the author's scenario in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) The courthouse.
(c) The Library.
(d) Work.

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

4. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Friar John.
(b) Benvolio.
(c) Abram.
(d) Mercutio.

5. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author creates a skit where an abandoned street dog makes friends with what?
(a) A boy.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) A girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?

2. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?

3. Whom does Oedipus marry?

4. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?

5. From whom did Nora borrow money in "A Doll's House"?

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