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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 "Ghosts"?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Lajos Egri.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

2. Who wrote the play "Tobacco Road"?
(a) Osias L. Schwarz.
(b) Noel Coward.
(c) Robert E. Sherwood.
(d) Erskine Caldwell.

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

4. Who wrote the play "Hay Fever"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Govind Deshpande.
(d) Noel Coward.

5. According to the author, a good _____ is where something vital is at stake at the very beginning of a play.
(a) Point of attack.
(b) Storyline.
(c) Introduction.
(d) Plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. To examine how gradually a person moves from one pole to the other, the author cites from one of _____ works that studies the peaceful death of a perfectly healthy old man.

2. "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?

3. Who offers an explanation of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?

4. What is the name of Hedda's husband in "Hedda Gabler"?

5. Tartuffe is whose houseguest in the play "Tartuffe"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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