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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. Who wrote that the obligatory scene "is the immediate goal toward which the play is driving"?
2. Who is the object of Tartuffe's lust in "Tartuffe"?
3. A play is said to be _____ when its characters move too quickly, jumping from emotion to emotion because they are one-dimensional, and their actions make little sense?
4. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?
5. Who wrote the play "Hay Fever"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the point of attack defined? Where should it take place, according to the author?
2. What example does the author present for the emergence of conflict in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action?
3. How does the author describe jumping conflict?
4. What is Egri's response to Aristotle's theory on story structure?
5. What kind of conflict does the author exemplify in the play "Idiot's Delight"?
6. How can messages be conveyed with dialogue? What should the writer avoid?
7. How does Egri's student describe the importance of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?
8. How is transition shown in Moliere's "Tartuffe" in the text?
9. What does Egri show by example with the play "Stevedore"?
10. How does the author relate character to action and environment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and describe rising conflict in a dramatic work. What feeds the conflict when it is rising? What does the author say of this type of conflict?
Essay Topic 2
Define and discuss strength of will in character development. Also, define and analyze the terms strength, will, fight, conflict, and transition.
Essay Topic 3
Define and discuss static conflict as described by the author. What plays does he cite as examples of static conflict and why?
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