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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 Nora do in the ending of "A Doll's House"?
(a) Leaves her husband.
(b) Kills her husband.
(c) Falls ill.
(d) Kills herself.

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

3. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) An individual.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) A principled person.
(d) An aesthetic.

4. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) Enlightening.
(b) At stake for them.
(c) Motivating.
(d) In conflict.

5. The premise of a dramatic work, according to the author, is not the same as _____.
(a) The plot.
(b) The protagonist.
(c) A universal truth.
(d) The antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a scene ends the same way it begins, it is ____, and therefore boring because it ignores drama, according to the author.

2. What term refers to a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or of testing a principle?

3. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?

4. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?

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