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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. Lajos Egri believes that the greatest fault of the play "Stevedore", is a serious lack of _____.
(a) Plot.
(b) Transitions.
(c) Villains.
(d) Emotion.

2. What does the author assert arises from environment and one's social situation?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Opinions.

3. What philosopher surmised that "every story must have a beginning, middle, and an end"?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Henrik Ibsen.
(b) Girish Karnad.
(c) Arthur Adamov.
(d) Govind Deshpande.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work?

2. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?

3. Hedda Gabler's father in the play of the same name is _____.

4. Who is the object of Tartuffe's lust in "Tartuffe"?

5. Where does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect invite a girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the author describe jumping conflict?

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

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

8. How is transition shown in Moliere's "Tartuffe" in the text?

9. How does the author relate character to action and environment?

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

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