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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. Who wrote the play "Idiot's Delight"?
(a) Robert E. Sherwood.
(b) Paul Green.
(c) Erskine Caldwell.
(d) John Howard Lawson.

2. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Friar John.
(b) Benvolio.
(c) Abram.
(d) Mercutio.

3. What are defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion?
(a) Mentality.
(b) Opinion.
(c) Prerogative.
(d) Personality traits.

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

5. The author asserts that despite bad writing, many plays garner fans because _____.
(a) The playwright is well known.
(b) Their subject is unique.
(c) The actors are attractive.
(d) The costumes are well designed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the play "Stevedore"?

3. What playwright does the author assert produced badly written plays after World War II had just finished, and dealt with problems rather tame and different, compared to what people had just gone through with the war?

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

5. What term is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; a basis of argument. A proposition stated or assumed as leading to a conclusion"?

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