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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. What has a reigning power in the presence of a written piece of work according to Lajos Egri?
(a) Plot.
(b) Character.
(c) Structure.
(d) Catharsis.

2. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?
(a) Antagonist.
(b) Hero.
(c) Character.
(d) Heroine.

3. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) A principled person.
(b) An individual.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) An aesthetic.

4. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?
(a) Friend.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Interest.

5. According to the author, characters must do what, for if a character is the same way in the beginning as he is in the end, the play is bad?
(a) Transcribe.
(b) Traverse.
(c) Diminish.
(d) Grow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?"

3. Who is Romeo's cousin in "Romeo and Juliet"?

4. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?

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

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