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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) Blinds himself.
(b) Cuts his wrist.
(c) Shoots himself.
(d) Hangs himself.

2. It is the job of the character to prove what?
(a) The premise.
(b) The moral.
(c) The truth.
(d) The plot.

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

4. Where has Nora arrived from in the beginning of "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christmas shopping.
(b) Shoe shopping.
(c) The hair salon.
(d) Grocery shopping.

5. The author takes a look at when a play's story moves from something like love to hate, and claims that in order to have this, things need to be _____.
(a) Blurred together.
(b) Gradual.
(c) Quick.
(d) Well-defined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a lack of conflict in a scene or play?

2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?

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

4. What does Lajos Egri claim is the premise of "Othello"?

5. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Egri view the correlation between thinking and premise?

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

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

4. What example of growth does the author describe in "A Doll's House"?

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

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

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

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

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