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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. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Hero.
(d) Pivotal character.

2. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count La Rochelle.
(b) Friar Lille.
(c) Friar Laurence.
(d) Count Le Mans.

3. What childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christine Linde.
(b) Christine Torvald.
(c) Christine Krogstad.
(d) Christine Rank.

4. What is a method of argument that has been central to both Indic and European philosophy since ancient times and was made popular by Plato?
(a) Roundtable discussion.
(b) Dialectic.
(c) Debate.
(d) Bickering.

5. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Xenophanes.

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 is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?

3. What was Lajos Egri's profession when he arrived in the United States?

4. What does Lajos Egri state first and foremost the writer must have of his characters?

5. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?

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