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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Categorize.
(c) Blow up.
(d) Emphasize.

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

4. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.
(a) Require thinking.
(b) Cause it to happen.
(c) Cause conflict.
(d) Cause pain.

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

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

7. 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) Foreshadowing.
(b) Psychic writing.
(c) Moral giveaway.
(d) Plot exposure.

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

9. In rising conflict, each conflict causes _____.
(a) More drama.
(b) A resolution.
(c) The one after it.
(d) Character growth.

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

11. What is often referred to as the scene for which everyone is waiting, the scene which has been promised throughout and which cannot be eliminated?
(a) Signature.
(b) Epic.
(c) Obligatory.
(d) Climax.

12. What is the last name of Sorel and Simon in "Hay Fever"?
(a) Boone.
(b) Bliss.
(c) Bailston.
(d) Bass.

13. The author asserts that despite bad writing, many plays garner fans because _____.
(a) The costumes are well designed.
(b) Their subject is unique.
(c) The actors are attractive.
(d) The playwright is well known.

14. Who wrote the play "Tobacco Road"?
(a) Noel Coward.
(b) Osias L. Schwarz.
(c) Erskine Caldwell.
(d) Robert E. Sherwood.

15. What is Hedda's married name in the play "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Tesman.
(b) Gabler.
(c) Brack.
(d) Elvsted.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?

2. When a scene ends the same way it begins, it is ____, and therefore boring because it ignores drama, according to the author.

3. Lajos Egri believes that the greatest fault of the play "Stevedore", is a serious lack of _____.

4. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?

5. What happens at the end of "The Cherry Orchard"?

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