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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 verb means to lay stress upon stress?
2. 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?
3. Who tells Krogstad that she only married her husband because she had no other means to support her sick mother and young siblings in "A Doll's House"?
4. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?
5. What is the last name of Sorel and Simon in "Hay Fever"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the definition and importance of conflict in drama?
2. What is the opposite of rising conflict?
3. What does the author show in the play "Design for Living"?
4. How is the point of attack defined? Where should it take place, according to the author?
5. How does the author relate character to action and environment?
6. What is the first division of conflict the author describes in detail in the text?
7. How does Egri's student describe the importance of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?
8. What is Egri's response to Aristotle's theory on story structure?
9. What is the importance of emotion in the character, according to Egri?
10. What kind of conflict does the author exemplify in the play "Idiot's Delight"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author use "A Doll's House" to illustrate character growth and transition? What scenes in particular did he choose to use and why?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the element of environment and its relationship to character and action. How does the author define "motivation"?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss jumping conflict and melodrama in dramatic literature. What leads to characters "jumping"? How can this be prevented?
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