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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. 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) Over dramatization.
(b) Ultimate drama.
(c) Melodrama.
(d) Megadrama.

2. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?
(a) Static.
(b) Boring.
(c) Peace.
(d) Drama.

3. What does the author assert is the ideal type of conflict?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Rising.
(c) Extreme.
(d) Abrupt.

4. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?
(a) Hero.
(b) Character.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Heroine.

5. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Torvald.
(b) Helmer.
(c) Krogstad.
(d) Rank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lajos Egri born?

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

3. Who wrote the play "Hay Fever"?

4. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?

5. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.

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