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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.
(a) Imagination.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Premise.
(d) Pen.

2. Who is the father of Oedipus?
(a) King Laius.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) King Pelops.
(d) Creon.

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

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

5. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count La Rochelle.
(b) Count Le Mans.
(c) Friar Lille.
(d) Friar Laurence.

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

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

8. 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) Plot.
(b) Drama.
(c) Tale.
(d) Meaning.

9. 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) Weapon.
(c) Victim.
(d) Motive.

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

11. 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) Poem.
(d) Story.

12. What must every planned sprint have, according to the author in Book I: The Premise?
(a) A destination.
(b) A start line.
(c) Resting points.
(d) A starting gun.

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

14. What term is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "a proposition antecedently supposed or proved; a basis of argument. A proposition stated or assumed as leading to a conclusion"?
(a) Prerogative.
(b) Premise.
(c) Assumption.
(d) Axiom.

15. What is a method of argument that has been central to both Indic and European philosophy since ancient times and was made popular by Plato?
(a) Debate.
(b) Bickering.
(c) Roundtable discussion.
(d) Dialectic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?

2. What childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?

3. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author creates a skit where an abandoned street dog makes friends with what?

4. 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?

5. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

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