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

2. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Growth.

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

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

5. Why can't the man in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites take the dog home?
(a) He thinks it will bite him.
(b) He owns several cats.
(c) He is allergic to dogs.
(d) His wife hates stray animals.

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

7. 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.

8. What French author and dramatist is cited in Book I: The Premise as stating "How can you tell what road to take unless you know where you are going?"
(a) François Mauriac, the Younger.
(b) Alexandre Dumas, the Younger.
(c) Henri Bergson, the Older.
(d) Jean-Paul Sartre, the Older.

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

10. When did Lajos Egri die?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1970.

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

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

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

14. What does Lajos Egri state first and foremost the writer must have of his characters?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Irony.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What character element is established from detailing his body and health, the people around him and his environment, and his mind?

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

4. What is needed to make life keep constantly going, according to the author in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

5. Aristotle was a student of _____.

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