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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What dance does the character of Nora famously dance in "A Doll's House"?
(a) The Jitterbug.
(b) The Tango.
(c) The Waltz.
(d) The Tarantella.

4. What is often taught as the act of establishing mood, atmosphere, and background, before the action begins?
(a) Informing.
(b) Explaining.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Enlightening.

5. Who wrote the play "Idiot's Delight"?
(a) Robert E. Sherwood.
(b) Paul Green.
(c) John Howard Lawson.
(d) Erskine Caldwell.

6. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?
(a) Static.
(b) Stagnant.
(c) Stale.
(d) Fermented.

7. Who wrote the play "Hay Fever"?
(a) Noel Coward.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Govind Deshpande.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

8. It is stated by the author that rising conflict will result in _____.
(a) Second-rate dialogue.
(b) Transition.
(c) First-rate dialogue.
(d) Static.

9. 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 concert.
(b) To a play.
(c) To a wedding.
(d) To dinner.

10. Who offers an explanation of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?
(a) A teacher of the author's.
(b) A student of the author's.
(c) A famous drama critic.
(d) A layman.

11. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?
(a) Uptight.
(b) A cordial twenty-something.
(c) A boring old man.
(d) A clumsy fool.

12. "Hymn to the Rising Sun" is cited in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue to prove how _____ can be put forth competently without force or illogical, out-of-character dialogue?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Opinion.
(c) Messages.
(d) Ideas.

13. What does the author assert environment influences in drama?
(a) Plot.
(b) Character.
(c) Action.
(d) Premise.

14. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?
(a) Genes.
(b) Genome.
(c) Gout.
(d) Trait.

15. What philosopher surmised that "every story must have a beginning, middle, and an end"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Tobacco Road" first performed?

2. How many children does Nora have in "A Doll's House"?

3. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?

4. The author believes the writer to be lost if he is spending his time worrying about _____.

5. The action of "Hedda Gabler" takes place in a villa in _____.

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