The Art of Dramatic Writing Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Lajos Egri
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The Art of Dramatic Writing Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Lajos Egri
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is the job of the character to prove what?
(a) The plot.
(b) The truth.
(c) The premise.
(d) The moral.

2. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?
(a) Friend.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Interest.
(d) Antagonist.

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

4. What refers to a settlement of differences by mutual concessions, an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims?
(a) Qualm.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Truce.
(d) Treaty.

5. What does Lajos Egri claim is the premise of "Othello"?
(a) "Love rewards death."
(b) "Great love defies even death."
(c) "Jealousy destroys itself and the object of its love."
(d) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."

6. Where was Lajos Egri born?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Italy.
(c) Argentina.
(d) France.

7. What character element is established from detailing his body and health, the people around him and his environment, and his mind?
(a) Tridimensionality.
(b) Quadradimensionality.
(c) Pentadimensionality.
(d) Bidimensionality.

8. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Arete.

9. Who hid Desdemona's handkerchief in Cassio's lodging in "Othello"?
(a) Iago.
(b) Emilia.
(c) Gratiano.
(d) Bianca.

10. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Torvald.
(b) Krogstad.
(c) Nora.
(d) Dr. Rank.

11. 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) Quick.
(b) Gradual.
(c) Blurred together.
(d) Well-defined.

12. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Faith.
(b) Education.
(c) Environment.
(d) Upbringing.

13. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Cuts his wrist.
(b) Blinds himself.
(c) Hangs himself.
(d) Shoots himself.

14. 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?
(a) He owns several cats.
(b) His wife hates stray animals.
(c) He thinks it will bite him.
(d) He is allergic to dogs.

15. What term refers to the process of finding two differing bodies, making them the protagonist and antagonist, and making these characters so well defined that you are allowed to put them into a situation in which they are unable to make a compromise?
(a) Dramatic writing.
(b) Conflict escalation.
(c) Conflict creation.
(d) Orchestration.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author states that the antagonist and pivotal character absolutely cannot do what?

2. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?

3. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?

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

5. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.

(see the answer keys)

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