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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Faith.
(b) Education.
(c) Upbringing.
(d) Environment.

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

3. What is needed to make life keep constantly going, according to the author in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?
(a) Faith.
(b) Money.
(c) Determination.
(d) Motion.

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

5. 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) Weapon.
(b) Timetable.
(c) Victim.
(d) Motive.

6. Whom was Plato a student of?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Xenophanes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Heraclitus.

7. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) In conflict.
(b) Enlightening.
(c) At stake for them.
(d) Motivating.

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

9. 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.

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

11. According to the author, the opposing force of the antagonist absolutely must be _____.
(a) Strategically placed.
(b) More than that of the pivotal character.
(c) Equal to the pivotal character.
(d) Less than that of the pivotal character.

12. Whom does Oedipus marry?
(a) Acredes.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Ione.
(d) Jocasta.

13. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?
(a) Whole being.
(b) Skeleton.
(c) Bone structure.
(d) Anatomy.

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

15. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?
(a) Drama.
(b) Peace.
(c) Static.
(d) Boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.

2. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?

3. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?

4. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?

5. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?

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