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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 movement arose in early 20th century German theater of which Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller were the most famous playwrights?
(a) Environmentalis.
(b) Exceptionalism.
(c) Existentialism.
(d) Expressionism.

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

3. Where does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect invite a girl?
(a) To a concert.
(b) To a play.
(c) To dinner.
(d) To a wedding.

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

5. What is often taught as the act of establishing mood, atmosphere, and background, before the action begins?
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Explaining.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Informing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Tobacco Road" first performed?

2. Who wrote the play "Idiot's Delight"?

3. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?

4. Who is Macbeth's friend and a general in the army in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?

5. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?

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