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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 has a reigning power in the presence of a written piece of work according to Lajos Egri?
(a) Character.
(b) Catharsis.
(c) Plot.
(d) Structure.

2. What term refers to a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the hero of a work of drama or literature?
(a) Villain.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Obligation.
(d) Protagonist.

3. In rising conflict, each conflict causes _____.
(a) Character growth.
(b) More drama.
(c) The one after it.
(d) A resolution.

4. Who wrote the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Lajos Egri.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the man who meets the dog going in the author's scenario in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?

2. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?

3. What is always relative to someone or something, according to the author?

4. What term means a striking exhibition of unlikeness?

5. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.

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