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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. Who translated Ibsen's "The Pillars of Society" to English?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Lajos Egri.
(d) William Archer.

2. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?
(a) Attitude.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Personality type.
(d) Race.

3. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author creates a skit where an abandoned street dog makes friends with what?
(a) A man.
(b) A girl.
(c) A woman.
(d) A boy.

4. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(b) "Great love defies even death."
(c) "Love rewards death."
(d) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?

2. Whom does Oedipus marry?

3. What term refers to the process of finding two differing bodies, making them the protagonist and antagonist, and making these characters so well defined that you are allowed to put them into a situation in which they are unable to make a compromise?

4. When did Lajos Egri die?

5. Aristotle was a student of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author show the importance of character in "Oedipus Rex"?

2. How does Egri assert a writer may begin a play without a premise?

3. What is the role of character according to the author in Chapter 6: Plot or Character--Which?

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

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

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

7. What are the three dimensions the author describes as "bone structure"?

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

9. What example does the author set up in Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character?

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

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