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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. What term refers to a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or of testing a principle?
(a) Dry run.
(b) Guess work.
(c) Sample.
(d) Experiment.

2. What does Lajos Egri state first and foremost the writer must have of his characters?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Irony.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Understanding.

3. Lajos Egri believes that the greatest fault of the play "Stevedore", is a serious lack of _____.
(a) Emotion.
(b) Plot.
(c) Villains.
(d) Transitions.

4. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) At stake for them.
(b) In conflict.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Motivating.

5. Charles Darwin was one of how many born to Robert and Susannah Darwin?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a carpenter in the play "Ghosts"?

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

3. Who is Nora's husband in "A Doll's House"?

4. What 1859 book by Charles Darwin showed compelling evidence for evolution?

5. Who wrote the play "Tartuffe"?

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