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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 childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christine Linde.
(b) Christine Torvald.
(c) Christine Rank.
(d) Christine Krogstad.

2. When did Lajos Egri come to the United States?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1899.

3. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?
(a) The plot.
(b) The laws of science.
(c) The premise.
(d) The truth.

4. What refers to a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader?
(a) Manifesto.
(b) Story.
(c) Script.
(d) Poem.

5. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Lennox.
(b) Banquo.
(c) King Duncan.
(d) Seyton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?

2. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?

3. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?

4. Aristotle was a student of _____.

5. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the author's belief about growth in the character. Why must characters grow?

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

3. What examples does Egri use in Book I: The Premise to describe love in a play?

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

5. What does Egri say about the writer's doubts about a character's development?

6. How does the author define premise? What is the importance of the premise?

7. How is the antagonist defined and described by the author?

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

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

10. What example does the author give to explain the unity of opposites?

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