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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?
(a) Attitude.
(b) Race.
(c) Personality type.
(d) Philosophy.

2. 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) Story.
(c) Manifesto.
(d) Poem.

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

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

5. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?
(a) Likeable.
(b) Well-defined.
(c) Varied.
(d) Passionate.

6. Who translated Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society" to English?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) William Archer.
(d) Lajos Egri.

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

8. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.
(a) The narrator.
(b) The forces of good.
(c) The presentation.
(d) The pivotal character.

9. 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) Blurred together.
(c) Well-defined.
(d) Quick.

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

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

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

13. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Xenophanes.

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

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) Dialectic.
(c) Bickering.
(d) Roundtable discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.

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

3. Book II, Character, Chapter 2: Environment discusses how a man's environment, health, and what will shape him into what he is?

4. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

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

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