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

2. How is the man described in the author's short skit presented in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect?

3. What does Nora do in the ending of "A Doll's House"?

4. When was "Tobacco Road" first performed?

5. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the definition and importance of conflict in drama?

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

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

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

Define and discuss strength of will in character development. Also, define and analyze the terms strength, will, fight, conflict, and transition.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the dramatic works written by Lajos Egri. What success did they receive when they were produced?

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