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

2. What refers to the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA?
(a) Genes.
(b) Gout.
(c) Genome.
(d) Trait.

3. Who wrote "The Cherry Orchard"?
(a) Albert Maltz.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) Henrik Ibsen.
(d) William Shakespeare.

4. What does Lajos Egri define as a state of things in which a decisive change one way or another is impending?
(a) Fork in the road.
(b) Milestone.
(c) Turning point.
(d) Crisis.

5. Lajos Egri asserts that growth is a real character's reaction to his _____.
(a) Environment.
(b) Accomplishments.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Luck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play "Dinner at Eight"?

2. Who wrote the play "Black Pit"?

3. Who reveals he has entered the terminal stage of tuberculosis in "A Doll's House"?

4. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.

5. Who is the object of Tartuffe's lust in "Tartuffe"?

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