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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 4 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Lajos Egri die?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1963.

2. What American writer wrote "The root-idea is the beginning of the process"?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) John Howard Lawson.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Langston Hughes.

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) Heraclitus.
(d) Socrates.

4. The antagonist in a play or work of literature faces off against _____.
(a) The presentation.
(b) The forces of good.
(c) The pivotal character.
(d) The narrator.

5. What term refers to the process of finding two differing bodies, making them the protagonist and antagonist, and making these characters so well defined that you are allowed to put them into a situation in which they are unable to make a compromise?
(a) Conflict creation.
(b) Dramatic writing.
(c) Conflict escalation.
(d) Orchestration.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that a man's _____ will react to something that affects him physically more so than his body.

2. What character element is established from detailing his body and health, the people around him and his environment, and his mind?

3. Lajos Egri compels the writer to know that their characters should not be dependent on their _____.

4. What French author and dramatist is cited in Book I: The Premise as stating "How can you tell what road to take unless you know where you are going?"

5. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?

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