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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 human dimension are class, occupation, and education examples of?
(a) Biology.
(b) Physiology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Sociology.

2. What book does the author criticize for stating that plays can only properly be judged after they are seen performed with real-life actors encompassing the body of work?
(a) "Live Theatre".
(b) "Comprehensive Theatre Evaluation Techniques".
(c) "Theatre Madness".
(d) "The Theory of the Theater".

3. The author takes a look at when a play's story moves from something like love to hate, and claims that in order to have this, things need to be _____.
(a) Blurred together.
(b) Quick.
(c) Well-defined.
(d) Gradual.

4. When did Lajos Egri die?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1963.

5. In Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach, the author exemplifies his approach by creating a female character who turns to _____.
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the man in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites take the dog home?

2. What does the author assert arises from environment and one's social situation?

3. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?

4. What term refers to a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or of testing a principle?

5. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?

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