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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Friar John.
(b) Abram.
(c) Mercutio.
(d) Benvolio.

2. 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) Orchestration.
(b) Dramatic writing.
(c) Conflict creation.
(d) Conflict escalation.

3. It is the job of the character to prove what?
(a) The truth.
(b) The moral.
(c) The plot.
(d) The premise.

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

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

6. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?
(a) Accomplishment.
(b) Arete.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Wealth.

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

8. From whom did Nora borrow money in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Dr. Rank.
(b) Krogstad.
(c) Torvald.
(d) Christine.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Dialectic.
(b) Roundtable discussion.
(c) Debate.
(d) Bickering.

15. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author states that the antagonist and pivotal character absolutely cannot do what?
(a) Kill each other.
(b) Compromise.
(c) Have a common friend.
(d) Be friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization?

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

3. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?

4. Where is the man who meets the dog going in the author's scenario in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?

5. According to the author, it is essential that the main character have no _____ toward his ends.

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