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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 "Stevedore"?
(a) George S. Kaufman.
(b) Paul Peters.
(c) Edna Ferber.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

2. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?
(a) Trait.
(b) Genes.
(c) Gout.
(d) Genome.

3. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1904.

4. Who wrote the play "Hay Fever"?
(a) Noel Coward.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Govind Deshpande.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

5. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Xenophanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a settlement of differences by mutual concessions, an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims?

2. In Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character, the author sets up a situation where a crime is committed with supposedly no ______.

3. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?

4. In rising conflict, each conflict causes _____.

5. What term refers to the process of finding two differing bodies, making them the protagonist and antagonist, and making these characters so well defined that you are allowed to put them into a situation in which they are unable to make a compromise?

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