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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When a scene ends the same way it begins, it is ____, and therefore boring because it ignores drama, according to the author.
(a) Static.
(b) Recurring.
(c) Déjà vu.
(d) Redundant.

3. Hedda Gabler's father in the play of the same name is _____.
(a) A lieutenant.
(b) A general.
(c) A sergeant.
(d) A corporal.

4. What does Egri define as the no-return point and the highest in the scene?
(a) Apex.
(b) Climax.
(c) Event horizon.
(d) Peak.

5. Who wrote the play "Black Pit"?
(a) Albert Maltz.
(b) Henrik Ibsen.
(c) George S. Kaufman.
(d) Paul Peters.

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

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

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

9. To examine how gradually a person moves from one pole to the other, the author cites from one of _____ works that studies the peaceful death of a perfectly healthy old man.
(a) Thomas Jefferson's.
(b) Leonardo da Vinci's.
(c) Benjamin Franklin's.
(d) William Shakespeare's.

10. What playwright does the author assert produced badly written plays after World War II had just finished, and dealt with problems rather tame and different, compared to what people had just gone through with the war?
(a) Erskine Caldwell.
(b) Noel Coward.
(c) Osias L. Schwarz.
(d) Robert E. Sherwood.

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

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

13. In the beginning of "Hedda Gabler", the heroine has just returned home from _____.
(a) The neighbor's house.
(b) The market.
(c) Church.
(d) Her honeymoon.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play "Hymn to the Rising Sun"?

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

3. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?

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

5. The author asserts by example that what act more as a unit than humans?

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