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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Hangs himself.
(b) Cuts his wrist.
(c) Shoots himself.
(d) Blinds himself.

2. What term means a striking exhibition of unlikeness?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Contrast.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Obstacle.

3. The author asserts that one key factor in obtaining conflict is what?
(a) Love.
(b) Growth.
(c) Hate.
(d) Antagonist.

4. What refers to a settlement of differences by mutual concessions, an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims?
(a) Treaty.
(b) Qualm.
(c) Compromise.
(d) Truce.

5. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Faith.
(b) Education.
(c) Environment.
(d) Upbringing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to any contest or struggle?

2. Whom does Oedipus marry?

3. What does the author claim causes motion in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

4. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?

5. Who is the father of Oedipus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first step to fleshing out characters, according to the author?

2. How does Egri relate man's mind with his physical body in describing character development?

3. What does orchestration mean? How is it accomplished?

4. What example does the author give for the use of dialectics in perceiving contradictions in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

5. How does the author describe contradiction and dialectics?

6. What must be at stake for the pivotal character, according to the author?

7. What does the author assert in Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character about the need to fight?

8. What does the author assert of writers who decide to write of their own experiences?

9. What does the author say about compromise between the pivotal character and the antagonist? Can it be achieved?

10. Describe Egri's example about a crime play in Book I: Premise. Why does he assert it does not work?

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