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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. When was "Tobacco Road" first performed?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1939.

2. What dance does the character of Nora famously dance in "A Doll's House"?
(a) The Tarantella.
(b) The Tango.
(c) The Jitterbug.
(d) The Waltz.

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

4. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.
(a) Cause conflict.
(b) Require thinking.
(c) Cause pain.
(d) Cause it to happen.

5. Who tells Krogstad that she only married her husband because she had no other means to support her sick mother and young siblings in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christine.
(b) Dr. Rank.
(c) Nora.
(d) Samantha.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is often taught as the act of establishing mood, atmosphere, and background, before the action begins?

3. A play is said to be _____ when its characters move too quickly, jumping from emotion to emotion because they are one-dimensional, and their actions make little sense?

4. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?

5. What term refers to a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or of testing a principle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Egri's student describe the importance of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?

5. What is the importance of emotion in the character, according to Egri?

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

7. How does the author approach the discussion of exposition in a dramatic work?

8. How can messages be conveyed with dialogue? What should the writer avoid?

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

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

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