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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 advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Friar Lille.
(b) Count Le Mans.
(c) Friar Laurence.
(d) Count La Rochelle.

2. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count Toulouse.
(b) Count Marseille.
(c) Count Paris.
(d) Count Bordeaux.

3. What refers to a settlement of differences by mutual concessions, an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims?
(a) Compromise.
(b) Truce.
(c) Qualm.
(d) Treaty.

4. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Accomplishment.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Arete.

5. 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 girl.
(b) A boy.
(c) A man.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, when a writer has pivotal characters and antagonists, he must make certain they are ____.

3. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?

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

5. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How important is a character's environment to their actions?

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