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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French author and dramatist is cited in Book I: The Premise as stating "How can you tell what road to take unless you know where you are going?"
(a) François Mauriac, the Younger.
(b) Alexandre Dumas, the Younger.
(c) Jean-Paul Sartre, the Older.
(d) Henri Bergson, the Older.

2. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?
(a) The truth.
(b) The plot.
(c) The premise.
(d) The laws of science.

3. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?
(a) Pivotal character.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Hero.
(d) Antagonist.

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

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

6. Where has Nora arrived from in the beginning of "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christmas shopping.
(b) Grocery shopping.
(c) Shoe shopping.
(d) The hair salon.

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

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

9. What French writer and critic born in 1849 said every play needs a goal?
(a) Jean Michel Jarre.
(b) Pierre de Ronsard.
(c) Ferdinand Brunetière.
(d) Jean Giraudoux.

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

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

12. Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) August Strindberg.
(d) William Shakespeare.

13. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?
(a) "How to Write a Play".
(b) "A Playwright's Dream".
(c) "The Stage".
(d) "Acting In the Modern World".

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?

2. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?

3. Whom does Oedipus marry?

4. When did Lajos Egri come to the United States?

5. What refers to a settlement of differences by mutual concessions, an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims?

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