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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. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.

2. What does the author assert arises from environment and one's social situation?

3. Who wrote the play "Tobacco Road"?

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

5. The author asserts by example that what act more as a unit than humans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the opposite of rising conflict?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author describe jumping conflict?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss jumping conflict and melodrama in dramatic literature. What leads to characters "jumping"? How can this be prevented?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss static conflict as described by the author. What plays does he cite as examples of static conflict and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Egri's assessment of the premise of "The Tragedy of Macbeth". Who are the pivotal character and antagonist in this play?

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