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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, a good _____ is where something vital is at stake at the very beginning of a play.
(a) Introduction.
(b) Point of attack.
(c) Plot.
(d) Storyline.

3. Who wrote the play "Hymn to the Rising Sun"?
(a) Robert E. Sherwood.
(b) Erskine Caldwell.
(c) John Howard Lawson.
(d) Paul Green.

4. 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) Climax.
(d) Obligatory.

5. "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) Opinion.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Rhetoric.
(d) Messages.

6. Why does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect realize he cannot date a girl?
(a) He is too fat.
(b) He is ugly.
(c) He is too poor.
(d) He is too short.

7. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?
(a) Villain.
(b) Hero.
(c) Premise.
(d) Plot.

8. 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.

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

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

11. What is the name of Hedda's husband in "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Ejlert.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jorgen.
(d) Berte.

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

13. Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) Albert Maltz.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

14. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1904.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?

2. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?

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

4. What movement arose in early 20th century German theater of which Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller were the most famous playwrights?

5. Who wrote the play "Tartuffe"?

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