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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: Character, Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lajos Egri state first and foremost the writer must have of his characters?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Irony.
(d) Understanding.

3. What does Lajos Egri define as being what a writer sets out to prove with his story?
(a) The laws of science.
(b) The truth.
(c) The premise.
(d) The plot.

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

5. What French writer and critic born in 1849 said every play needs a goal?
(a) Pierre de Ronsard.
(b) Jean Michel Jarre.
(c) Jean Giraudoux.
(d) Ferdinand Brunetière.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What must every planned sprint have, according to the author in Book I: The Premise?

4. 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?

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

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