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

2. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?
(a) Plot.
(b) Hero.
(c) Premise.
(d) Villain.

3. The action of "Hedda Gabler" takes place in a villa in _____.
(a) Kane.
(b) Christiania.
(c) Krostein.
(d) Krakow.

4. Where does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect invite a girl?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To a play.
(c) To a wedding.
(d) To a concert.

5. Who offers an explanation of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?
(a) A student of the author's.
(b) A layman.
(c) A teacher of the author's.
(d) A famous drama critic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lajos Egri define as a state of things in which a decisive change one way or another is impending?

2. The author asserts by example that what act more as a unit than humans?

3. Who is the pivotal character in "The Cherry Orchard"?

4. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first division of conflict the author describes in detail in the text?

2. What does the author show in the play "Design for Living"?

3. How is the point of attack defined? Where should it take place, according to the author?

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

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

6. What is the opposite of rising conflict?

7. What example does the author present for the emergence of conflict in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action?

8. Where does the author assert exposition should exist in a play?

9. What work by Leonardo da Vinci does Egri cite as an example of transition?

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

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