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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?
(a) Pivotal character.
(b) Hero.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Antagonist.

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

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

5. 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) Determination.
(c) Money.
(d) Motion.

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

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

8. What term refers to the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population?
(a) Destiny.
(b) Environment.
(c) Challenges.
(d) Endurance.

9. 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"?
(a) Assumption.
(b) Premise.
(c) Axiom.
(d) Prerogative.

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) A restaurant.
(b) The Library.
(c) Work.
(d) The courthouse.

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

12. 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) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Obligation.

13. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?
(a) Hero.
(b) Character.
(c) Heroine.
(d) Antagonist.

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

15. Where was Lajos Egri born?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Hungary.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?

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

5. According to the author, when a writer has pivotal characters and antagonists, he must make certain they are ____.

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