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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 8 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?
(a) Emphasize.
(b) Blow up.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Categorize.

2. The author stresses that it is bad play writing to create atmosphere and gather evidence of the problem before establishing _____.
(a) Characters.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Environment.
(d) Plot.

3. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Helmer.
(b) Torvald.
(c) Rank.
(d) Krogstad.

4. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.
(a) In conflict.
(b) At stake for them.
(c) Motivating.
(d) Enlightening.

5. Who wrote "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Xenophanes.
(d) Sophocles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character, the author sets up a situation where a crime is committed with supposedly no ______.

2. Where does the man in the author's short skit in Book III: Conflict, Chapter 2: Cause and Effect invite a girl?

3. In one line of dialogue, a character will be delighted with their life, and two lines later, disturbingly mad. What kind of conflict is this an example of?

4. When was "Oedipus Rex" first performed?

5. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.

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