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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shakespeare, according to the author, ignored _____ rules for writing.
(a) Homer's.
(b) Socrates'.
(c) Plato's.
(d) Aristotle's.

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

3. Who wrote the play "Dinner at Eight"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) George S. Kaufman.
(c) Edna Ferber.
(d) George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.

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

5. The author writes that transition has the power to connect two emotions that are seemingly _____.
(a) Negative.
(b) Not related.
(c) Similar.
(d) Positive.

6. What is defined as the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work?
(a) Psychic writing.
(b) Moral giveaway.
(c) Plot exposure.
(d) Foreshadowing.

7. 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) Turning point.
(c) Milestone.
(d) Crisis.

8. Who wrote the play "Stevedore"?
(a) Paul Peters.
(b) Edna Ferber.
(c) George S. Kaufman.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

9. The author believes the writer to be lost if he is spending his time worrying about _____.
(a) What others will think.
(b) The climax.
(c) The introduction.
(d) Developing secondary characters.

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

11. The action of "Hedda Gabler" takes place in a villa in _____.
(a) Kane.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Christiania.
(d) Krostein.

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

13. The author stresses that it is bad play writing to create atmosphere and gather evidence of the problem before establishing _____.
(a) Plot.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Characters.
(d) Environment.

14. Who is a carpenter in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Captain Alving.
(b) Jacob Engstrand.
(c) Pastor Manders.
(d) Oswald Alving.

15. Who wrote that the obligatory scene "is the immediate goal toward which the play is driving"?
(a) Lajos Egri.
(b) John Howard Lawson.
(c) Albert Maltz.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is stated by the author that rising conflict will result in _____.

2. "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?

3. What is the name of Hedda's husband in "Hedda Gabler"?

4. What does the author assert arises from environment and one's social situation?

5. What dance does the character of Nora famously dance in "A Doll's House"?

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