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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who suffers from inherited syphilis in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Regina.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Oswald.
(d) Helene.

2. What is always relative to someone or something, according to the author?
(a) Catharsis.
(b) Definition.
(c) Plot.
(d) Conflict.

3. What does Lajos Egri define as a state of things in which a decisive change one way or another is impending?
(a) Fork in the road.
(b) Crisis.
(c) Turning point.
(d) Milestone.

4. What movement arose in early 20th century German theater of which Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller were the most famous playwrights?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Exceptionalism.
(d) Environmentalis.

5. The premise of a dramatic work, according to the author, is not the same as _____.
(a) The plot.
(b) The protagonist.
(c) A universal truth.
(d) The antagonist.

6. The author asserts by example that what act more as a unit than humans?
(a) Ants.
(b) Monkeys
(c) Genes.
(d) Flowers.

7. Who wrote the play "Ghosts"?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Lajos Egri.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

8. Lajos Egri believes that the greatest fault of the play "Stevedore", is a serious lack of _____.
(a) Transitions.
(b) Plot.
(c) Villains.
(d) Emotion.

9. What does the author assert arises from environment and one's social situation?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Opinions.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Relationships.

10. Where does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect invite a girl?
(a) To a wedding.
(b) To a play.
(c) To a concert.
(d) To dinner.

11. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Arthur Adamov.
(b) Girish Karnad.
(c) Henrik Ibsen.
(d) Govind Deshpande.

12. How many children does Nora have in "A Doll's House"?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

13. Who is about to dedicate an orphanage that they have built in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Jacob Engstrand.
(b) Oswald Alving.
(c) Pastor Manders.
(d) Helen Alving.

14. What happens at the end of "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) The orchard is cut down.
(b) A new orchard is planted.
(c) Everyone drinks cherry wine.
(d) The cherries are harvested.

15. Who is the pivotal character in "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) Mme. Ranevsky.
(b) Leonid Andreyevitch Gaev.
(c) Varya.
(d) Anya.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.

2. Tartuffe is whose houseguest in the play "Tartuffe"?

3. Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard"?

4. What does the author assert is imperative because it shows how a character can move from one emotion to another?

5. What does the author assert environment influences in drama?

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