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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What term means a striking exhibition of unlikeness?
(a) Contrast.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Conflict.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

4. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?
(a) "How to Write a Play".
(b) "The Stage".
(c) "A Playwright's Dream".
(d) "Acting In the Modern World".

5. According to the author, characters must do what, for if a character is the same way in the beginning as he is in the end, the play is bad?
(a) Traverse.
(b) Transcribe.
(c) Diminish.
(d) Grow.

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

7. Who translated Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society" to English?
(a) August Strindberg.
(b) William Archer.
(c) Lajos Egri.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

8. Who is the father of Oedipus?
(a) King Pelops.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) King Laius.
(d) Creon.

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

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

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

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

13. What childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christine Rank.
(b) Christine Torvald.
(c) Christine Linde.
(d) Christine Krogstad.

14. Who kills Macbeth at the end of "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Macduff.
(b) Siward.
(c) Fleance.
(d) Malcolm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri state first and foremost the writer must have of his characters?

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

3. The author claims that a man's _____ will react to something that affects him physically more so than his body.

4. 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?

5. What refers to a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader?

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