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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: General, Chapters 9 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?
(a) Pivotal character.
(b) Hero.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Protagonist.

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 ______.
(a) Victim.
(b) Motive.
(c) Weapon.
(d) Timetable.

3. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?
(a) Plot.
(b) Hero.
(c) Premise.
(d) Villain.

4. What human dimension are moral standards, intelligence, and ambition examples of?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Numerology.
(d) Biology.

5. The author claims that a man's _____ will react to something that affects him physically more so than his body.
(a) Conscience.
(b) Heart.
(c) Mind.
(d) Spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle was a student of _____.

2. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?

3. When did Lajos Egri die?

4. "Hymn to the Rising Sun" is cited in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue to prove how _____ can be put forth competently without force or illogical, out-of-character dialogue?

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

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