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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. "Hymn to the Rising Sun" is cited in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue to prove how _____ can be put forth competently without force or illogical, out-of-character dialogue?
(a) Opinion.
(b) Messages.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Rhetoric.

2. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?
(a) Genes.
(b) Trait.
(c) Gout.
(d) Genome.

3. Who wrote the play "Dinner at Eight"?
(a) Edna Ferber.
(b) Henrik Ibsen.
(c) George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.
(d) George S. Kaufman.

4. The premise of a dramatic work, according to the author, is not the same as _____.
(a) The antagonist.
(b) The plot.
(c) The protagonist.
(d) A universal truth.

5. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?
(a) Static.
(b) Stale.
(c) Fermented.
(d) Stagnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Egri define as the no-return point and the highest in the scene?

2. What philosopher surmised that "every story must have a beginning, middle, and an end"?

3. Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard"?

4. What is the last name of Sorel and Simon in "Hay Fever"?

5. What does Nora do in the ending of "A Doll's House"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Egri's response to Aristotle's theory on story structure?

2. What is the author's example from "Tartuffe" regarding conflict?

3. What are the four divisions of conflict related by the author?

4. What does the author write about the obligatory scene?

5. What is the definition and importance of conflict in drama?

6. How does the author relate conflict to genetics?

7. Why might a writer have difficulty with entrances and exits in his play? What does the writer suggest?

8. What does Egri show by example with the play "Stevedore"?

9. What kind of conflict does the author exemplify in the play "Idiot's Delight"?

10. What does Egri cite from the play "Ghosts" to show transition?

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