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

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

3. What refers to a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization?
(a) Melodrama.
(b) Over dramatization.
(c) Ultimate drama.
(d) Megadrama.

4. In Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character, the author sets up a situation where a crime is committed with supposedly no ______.
(a) Timetable.
(b) Weapon.
(c) Motive.
(d) Victim.

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) At stake for them.
(c) Motivating.
(d) Enlightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.

3. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author creates a skit where an abandoned street dog makes friends with what?

4. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?

5. Where was Lajos Egri born?

(see the answer key)

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