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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(b) "Love rewards death."
(c) "Great love defies even death."
(d) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."

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

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

5. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Xenophanes.

6. "Romeo and Juliet" begins with a feud between the Capulets and _____.
(a) The Moultons.
(b) The Moreaus.
(c) The Montagues.
(d) The Mumfords.

7. Who is Nora's husband in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Dr. Rank.
(b) Torvald.
(c) Dr. Linde.
(d) Krogstad.

8. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) A principled person.
(b) An individual.
(c) An aesthetic.
(d) Beautiful.

9. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?
(a) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(b) "Love rewards death."
(c) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."
(d) "Jealousy destroys itself and the object of its love."

10. Where is the man who meets the dog going in the author's scenario in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) The Library.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) The courthouse.
(d) Work.

11. When was Lajos Egri born?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1888.

12. The author claims that a man's _____ will react to something that affects him physically more so than his body.
(a) Mind.
(b) Heart.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Spirit.

13. What term refers to a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the hero of a work of drama or literature?
(a) Villain.
(b) Obligation.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Antagonist.

14. What term refers to any contest or struggle?
(a) Love.
(b) Fight.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Strife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?

3. The author undoubtedly wants his characters to be the play in order to express _____.

4. Where has Nora arrived from in the beginning of "A Doll's House"?

5. According to the author, the opposing force of the antagonist absolutely must be _____.

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