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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. In one line of dialogue, a character will be delighted with their life, and two lines later, disturbingly mad. What kind of conflict is this an example of?
(a) Bi-polar.
(b) Unpredictable.
(c) Flip-flop.
(d) Jumping.

2. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Xenophanes.

3. 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) Plato.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.
(a) Accomplishments.
(b) Environment.
(c) Luck.
(d) Conflict.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hedda's married name in the play "Hedda Gabler"?

2. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author states that the antagonist and pivotal character absolutely cannot do what?

3. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

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

5. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?

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