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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 is the pivotal character in "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) Leonid Andreyevitch Gaev.
(b) Mme. Ranevsky.
(c) Varya.
(d) Anya.

2. What term refers to a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation to discover something unknown or of testing a principle?
(a) Guess work.
(b) Dry run.
(c) Sample.
(d) Experiment.

3. What does the author assert is imperative because it shows how a character can move from one emotion to another?
(a) Transition.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Chapters.
(d) Paragraphs.

4. Who is the object of Tartuffe's lust in "Tartuffe"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Mariane.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Madame Pernelle.

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) Nora.
(b) Dr. Rank.
(c) Christine.
(d) Samantha.

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. What does the author assert environment influences in drama?

3. Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard"?

4. Who wrote the play "Tartuffe"?

5. Shakespeare, according to the author, ignored _____ rules for writing.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the opposite of rising conflict?

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

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

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

8. How does the author relate conflict to genetics?

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

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

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