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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 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?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Heraclitus.

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

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

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

5. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) An individual.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) A principled person.
(d) An aesthetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What expressionist play by Lajos Egri was translated from Hungarian and produced at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York in the 1920s?

2. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?

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

4. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. What must every planned sprint have, according to the author in Book I: The Premise?

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