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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) Lajos Egri.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) William Shakespeare.

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

3. When a writer has trouble entering and exiting his characters, the author believes he _____.
(a) Hasn't developed them.
(b) Doesn't know them well enough.
(c) Removed from them.
(d) Threatened by them.

4. What happens at the end of "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) The cherries are harvested.
(b) A new orchard is planted.
(c) The orchard is cut down.
(d) Everyone drinks cherry wine.

5. What does the author assert is the ideal type of conflict?
(a) Extreme.
(b) Rising.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Abrupt.

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

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

8. A play is said to be _____ when its characters move too quickly, jumping from emotion to emotion because they are one-dimensional, and their actions make little sense?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Melodrama.
(c) Over-active.
(d) Liberal.

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Obligatory.
(c) Epic.
(d) Climax.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hedda Gabler's father in the play of the same name is _____.

2. What is often taught as the act of establishing mood, atmosphere, and background, before the action begins?

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

4. Who wrote the play "Tartuffe"?

5. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?

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