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

2. The author asserts by example that what act more as a unit than humans?
(a) Monkeys
(b) Ants.
(c) Genes.
(d) Flowers.

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

4. In the beginning of "Hedda Gabler", the heroine has just returned home from _____.
(a) Her honeymoon.
(b) Church.
(c) The market.
(d) The neighbor's house.

5. What is often taught as the act of establishing mood, atmosphere, and background, before the action begins?
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Explaining.
(d) Informing.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is stated by the author that rising conflict will result in _____.

2. The author stresses that it is bad play writing to create atmosphere and gather evidence of the problem before establishing _____.

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

4. What does Nora do in the ending of "A Doll's House"?

5. Who wrote the play "Idiot's Delight"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Egri cite from the play "Ghosts" to show transition?

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

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

8. How does the author relate conflict to genetics?

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

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

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