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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. Aristotle was a student of _____.
(a) Socrates.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Xenophanes.
(d) Plato.

2. What is Hedda's married name in the play "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Gabler.
(b) Tesman.
(c) Elvsted.
(d) Brack.

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

4. What dance does the character of Nora famously dance in "A Doll's House"?
(a) The Waltz.
(b) The Tango.
(c) The Tarantella.
(d) The Jitterbug.

5. Who wrote that the obligatory scene "is the immediate goal toward which the play is driving"?
(a) John Howard Lawson.
(b) Lajos Egri.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) Albert Maltz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

2. In Book IV: General, Chapter 13: Writing for Television, the author excerpts a television script co-written by two of his students produced by _____.

3. What are defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion?

4. Charles Darwin was one of how many born to Robert and Susannah Darwin?

5. Who is Macbeth's friend and a general in the army in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?

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