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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach, the author exemplifies his approach by creating a female character who turns to _____.
(a) Her husband.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

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

4. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Krogstad.
(b) Torvald.
(c) Helmer.
(d) Rank.

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

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

7. The author undoubtedly wants his characters to be the play in order to express _____.
(a) The premise.
(b) The suspense.
(c) The ending.
(d) The plot.

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

9. When did Lajos Egri come to the United States?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1899.

10. 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) Money.
(d) Determination.

11. 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?
(a) Ultimate drama.
(b) Megadrama.
(c) Melodrama.
(d) Over dramatization.

12. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His wife.

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

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

15. 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) Gradual.
(c) Well-defined.
(d) Quick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.

2. When did Lajos Egri die?

3. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?

4. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. What must every planned sprint have, according to the author in Book I: The Premise?

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