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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author undoubtedly wants his characters to be the play in order to express _____.
(a) The plot.
(b) The ending.
(c) The suspense.
(d) The premise.

2. Who is Macbeth's friend and a general in the army in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Banquo.
(b) Lennox.
(c) Macduff.
(d) Donalbain.

3. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?
(a) Bone structure.
(b) Whole being.
(c) Skeleton.
(d) Anatomy.

4. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?
(a) Boring.
(b) Static.
(c) Drama.
(d) Peace.

5. When was "Oedipus Rex" first performed?
(a) 249 B.C.
(b) 429 B.C.
(c) 429 A.D.
(d) 249 A.D.

6. What was Lajos Egri's profession when he arrived in the United States?
(a) Shoe shiner.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Chimney sweep.
(d) Garment worker.

7. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?
(a) Craziness.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Commotion.
(d) Kinetic energy.

8. 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) Determination.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Economic background.

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

10. According to the author, every sensible invention must have _____.
(a) A price.
(b) An owner.
(c) A purpose.
(d) Marketability.

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

12. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His wife.

13. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?
(a) Hero.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Character.
(d) Heroine.

14. In Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character, the author sets up a situation where a crime is committed with supposedly no ______.
(a) Timetable.
(b) Motive.
(c) Victim.
(d) Weapon.

15. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.
(a) Accomplishments.
(b) Luck.
(c) Environment.
(d) Conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization?

2. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?

3. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?

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

5. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?

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