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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. Who hid Desdemona's handkerchief in Cassio's lodging in "Othello"?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Bianca.
(c) Iago.
(d) Gratiano.

2. Whom do Juliet's parents try to get her to marry in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Count Bordeaux.
(b) Count Toulouse.
(c) Count Paris.
(d) Count Marseille.

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

4. What Classic Greek philosopher claimed character was secondary to action?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Heraclitus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Xenophanes.

5. When was Lajos Egri born?
(a) 1877.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?

2. Whom does Macbeth first kill in "The Tragedy of Macbeth"?

3. A play, according to the author, will not work without what central figure who drives the action?

4. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. What is needed to make life keep constantly going, according to the author in Book II: Character, Chapter 3: The Dialectical Approach?

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