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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. Since when were televisions commercially available?
(a) Late 1930s.
(b) Late 1920s.
(c) Early 1910s.
(d) Early 1940s.

2. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?
(a) Drama.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Tale.
(d) Plot.

3. The author writes that transition has the power to connect two emotions that are seemingly _____.
(a) Positive.
(b) Not related.
(c) Similar.
(d) Negative.

4. What refers to a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader?
(a) Script.
(b) Manifesto.
(c) Story.
(d) Poem.

5. What is the last name of Sorel and Simon in "Hay Fever"?
(a) Bailston.
(b) Bass.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Boone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri claim is the premise of "Othello"?

2. What character element is established from detailing his body and health, the people around him and his environment, and his mind?

3. Who wrote the play "Dinner at Eight"?

4. What philosopher surmised that "every story must have a beginning, middle, and an end"?

5. What is needed to make life keep constantly going, according to the author in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

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