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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. 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. In rising conflict, each conflict causes _____.
(a) Character growth.
(b) The one after it.
(c) More drama.
(d) A resolution.

3. Who is the father of Oedipus?
(a) King Laius.
(b) Creon.
(c) King Pelops.
(d) Jocasta.

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

5. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Girish Karnad.
(b) Govind Deshpande.
(c) Arthur Adamov.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?

2. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?

3. When was Lajos Egri born?

4. The premise of a dramatic work, according to the author, is not the same as _____.

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

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