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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 priest in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Cleric Alving.
(b) Pastor Engstrand.
(c) Cleric Engstrand.
(d) Pastor Manders.

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

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

4. The author stresses that it is bad play writing to create atmosphere and gather evidence of the problem before establishing _____.
(a) Environment.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Plot.
(d) Characters.

5. Who wrote the play "Stevedore"?
(a) Paul Peters.
(b) George S. Kaufman.
(c) Henrik Ibsen.
(d) Edna Ferber.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Egri define as the no-return point and the highest in the scene?

3. Why does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect realize he cannot date a girl?

4. 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.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What example does the author present for the emergence of conflict in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action?

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 does the author write about the obligatory scene?

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

9. What is the opposite of rising conflict?

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

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