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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. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?
(a) A boring old man.
(b) Uptight.
(c) A cordial twenty-something.
(d) A clumsy fool.

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

3. Who wrote the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Lajos Egri.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) Henrik Ibsen.
(d) William Shakespeare.

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

5. What does the author assert environment influences in drama?
(a) Plot.
(b) Premise.
(c) Action.
(d) Character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play "Hay Fever"?

2. Who wrote the play "Tartuffe"?

3. Lajos Egri believes that the greatest fault of the play "Stevedore", is a serious lack of _____.

4. What is always relative to someone or something, according to the author?

5. The author asserts that despite bad writing, many plays garner fans because _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why might a writer have difficulty with entrances and exits in his play? What does the writer suggest?

4. How does the author describe jumping conflict?

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

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

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

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

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