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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: General, Chapters 1 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) "Great love defies even death."
(b) "Love rewards death."
(c) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(d) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."

2. Who wrote the play "Stevedore"?
(a) Paul Peters.
(b) Henrik Ibsen.
(c) Edna Ferber.
(d) George S. Kaufman.

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

4. Where is the man who meets the dog going in the author's scenario in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) The Library.
(b) Work.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The courthouse.

5. The author stresses that it is bad play writing to create atmosphere and gather evidence of the problem before establishing _____.
(a) Plot.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Environment.
(d) Characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?

2. 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?

3. Hedda Gabler's father in the play of the same name is _____.

4. What are defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion?

5. Who suffers from inherited syphilis in the play "Ghosts"?

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