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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. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?
(a) Well-defined.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Varied.
(d) Likeable.

2. What are defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion?
(a) Opinion.
(b) Prerogative.
(c) Mentality.
(d) Personality traits.

3. Whom does Oedipus marry?
(a) Acredes.
(b) Ione.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Phoebe.

4. What is Lajos Egri's terminology for the physiological, psychological, and sociological makeup of a character?
(a) Whole being.
(b) Skeleton.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) Bone structure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Romeo and Juliet" begins with a feud between the Capulets and _____.

2. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?

3. What refers to a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization?

4. What term refers to a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the hero of a work of drama or literature?

5. According to the author, it is essential that the main character have no _____ toward his ends.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Do all writers know their premise? What are the author's thoughts on this?

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

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

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

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

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

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