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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 is the premise of "Othello"?
(a) "Great love defies even death."
(b) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."
(c) "Jealousy destroys itself and the object of its love."
(d) "Love rewards death."

2. When a writer has trouble entering and exiting his characters, the author believes he _____.
(a) Hasn't developed them.
(b) Doesn't know them well enough.
(c) Threatened by them.
(d) Removed from them.

3. How many children does Nora have in "A Doll's House"?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Girish Karnad.
(b) Arthur Adamov.
(c) Govind Deshpande.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

5. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Nora.
(b) Christine.
(c) Dr. Rank.
(d) Krogstad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote that the obligatory scene "is the immediate goal toward which the play is driving"?

2. According to the author, the opposing force of the antagonist absolutely must be _____.

3. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author creates a skit where an abandoned street dog makes friends with what?

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

5. Who wrote the play "Tobacco Road"?

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