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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: General, Chapters 1 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) His brother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

3. What is often taught as the act of establishing mood, atmosphere, and background, before the action begins?
(a) Explaining.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Informing.

4. 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) Heraclitus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

5. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?
(a) Banquo.
(b) Seyton.
(c) Lennox.
(d) King Duncan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a scene ends the same way it begins, it is ____, and therefore boring because it ignores drama, according to the author.

2. What is a method of argument that has been central to both Indic and European philosophy since ancient times and was made popular by Plato?

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

4. What term refers to a person represented in a drama or story?

5. When did Lajos Egri die?

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