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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 environment influences in drama?

2. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?

3. What does Lajos Egri define as a state of things in which a decisive change one way or another is impending?

4. What is Hedda's married name in the play "Hedda Gabler"?

5. Who wrote that the obligatory scene "is the immediate goal toward which the play is driving"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How can messages be conveyed with dialogue? What should the writer avoid?

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

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

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

7. How does the author approach the discussion of exposition in a dramatic work?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the theories of Egri and Aristotle on the importance of character. How does character relate to action?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the characters, plot, and premise of the play "Romeo and Juliet". Which is the pivotal character in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the elements of contradiction and dialectics. How does contradiction lead to motion, according to Egri? How does Egri define dialectics?

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