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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. When was "Oedipus Rex" first performed?
(a) 429 A.D.
(b) 429 B.C.
(c) 249 A.D.
(d) 249 B.C.

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

3. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count Toulouse.
(b) Count Bordeaux.
(c) Count Marseille.
(d) Count Paris.

4. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?
(a) Genes.
(b) Genome.
(c) Gout.
(d) Trait.

5. Who suffers from inherited syphilis in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Oswald.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Regina.
(d) Helene.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, every sensible invention must have _____.

2. In Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach, the author exemplifies his approach by creating a female character who turns to _____.

3. What term is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; a basis of argument. A proposition stated or assumed as leading to a conclusion"?

4. What French author and dramatist is cited in Book I: The Premise as stating "How can you tell what road to take unless you know where you are going?"

5. What French writer and critic born in 1849 said every play needs a goal?

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