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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author assert is imperative because it shows how a character can move from one emotion to another?

2. Who wrote the play "Tartuffe"?

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

4. When a writer has trouble entering and exiting his characters, the author believes he _____.

5. What is the name of Hedda's husband in "Hedda Gabler"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the opposite of rising conflict?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the element of environment and its relationship to character and action. How does the author define "motivation"?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the unity of opposites. How does the author define this term? What does he relate about compromise in the reading?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Egri's definition of "bone structure." What components make up the bone structure of a character or a person?

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