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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 3 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Nora arrived from in the beginning of "A Doll's House"?
(a) The hair salon.
(b) Shoe shopping.
(c) Grocery shopping.
(d) Christmas shopping.

2. What does Nora do in the ending of "A Doll's House"?
(a) Kills herself.
(b) Leaves her husband.
(c) Falls ill.
(d) Kills her husband.

3. Who wrote the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) Lajos Egri.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

4. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Education.
(b) Upbringing.
(c) Faith.
(d) Environment.

5. When a scene ends the same way it begins, it is ____, and therefore boring because it ignores drama, according to the author.
(a) Static.
(b) Redundant.
(c) Recurring.
(d) Déjà vu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has a reigning power in the presence of a written piece of work according to Lajos Egri?

2. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?

3. Why does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect realize he cannot date a girl?

4. In rising conflict, each conflict causes _____.

5. The author takes a look at when a play's story moves from something like love to hate, and claims that in order to have this, things need to be _____.

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