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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. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.
(a) Luck.
(b) Accomplishments.
(c) Environment.
(d) Conflict.

2. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Heraclitus.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Whom was Plato a student of?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Xenophanes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Heraclitus.

4. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?
(a) Heroine.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Character.
(d) Hero.

5. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?
(a) Plot.
(b) Drama.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Tale.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lajos Egri die?

2. Who is Nora's husband in "A Doll's House"?

3. What refers to a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader?

4. Where was Lajos Egri born?

5. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the author assert about character development in Chapter 7: Characters Plotting Their Own Play?

3. What does the author claim is the one key factor in obtaining conflict?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Egri relate the premise to the universal truth?

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

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