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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 1 -2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization?
(a) Melodrama.
(b) Megadrama.
(c) Ultimate drama.
(d) Over dramatization.

2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of King Lear?
(a) "Jealousy destroys itself and the object of its love."
(b) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."
(c) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(d) "Love rewards death."

3. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Heraclitus.

4. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Pen.
(c) Premise.
(d) Imagination.

5. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Mercutio.
(b) Abram.
(c) Benvolio.
(d) Friar John.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, it is essential that the main character have no _____ toward his ends.

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

3. What has a reigning power in the presence of a written piece of work according to Lajos Egri?

4. What refers to a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader?

5. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?

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