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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Cuts his wrist.
(b) Hangs himself.
(c) Blinds himself.
(d) Shoots himself.

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

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

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

9. According to the author, it is essential that the main character have no _____ toward his ends.
(a) Alternative.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Battle.
(d) Conflict.

10. What has a reigning power in the presence of a written piece of work according to Lajos Egri?
(a) Catharsis.
(b) Structure.
(c) Character.
(d) Plot.

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

12. According to the author, when a writer has pivotal characters and antagonists, he must make certain they are ____.
(a) Very different.
(b) Creative.
(c) Very similar.
(d) Fighters.

13. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Krogstad.
(b) Nora.
(c) Dr. Rank.
(d) Christine.

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

15. 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?
(a) Dramatic writing.
(b) Conflict escalation.
(c) Orchestration.
(d) Conflict creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is needed to make life keep constantly going, according to the author in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

2. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?

3. What are defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion?

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

5. Whom does Oedipus marry?

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