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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. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christine.
(b) Dr. Rank.
(c) Krogstad.
(d) Nora.

2. Who is the priest in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Cleric Engstrand.
(b) Cleric Alving.
(c) Pastor Manders.
(d) Pastor Engstrand.

3. What term means a striking exhibition of unlikeness?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Contrast.
(d) Conflict.

4. The author believes the writer to be lost if he is spending his time worrying about _____.
(a) The introduction.
(b) The climax.
(c) What others will think.
(d) Developing secondary characters.

5. Book II, Character, Chapter 2: Environment discusses how a man's environment, health, and what will shape him into what he is?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Economic background.
(c) Determination.
(d) Opinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lajos Egri born?

2. What refers to consistency of the characteristics of persons, objects, places, and events seen by the reader or viewer?

3. Who is about to dedicate an orphanage that they have built in the play "Ghosts"?

4. Who is the pivotal character in "The Cherry Orchard"?

5. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?

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