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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: Conflict, Chapters 3 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites, the author asserts that characters must be what?
(a) Varied.
(b) Well-defined.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Likeable.

2. What verb means to lay stress upon stress?
(a) Emphasize.
(b) Categorize.
(c) Blow up.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

3. Why can't the man in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites take the dog home?
(a) He thinks it will bite him.
(b) He is allergic to dogs.
(c) His wife hates stray animals.
(d) He owns several cats.

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

5. What term refers to a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the hero of a work of drama or literature?
(a) Obligation.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Villain.
(d) Antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?

2. When focusing on exactly how the pivotal character will come to lead a cause, the author explains that something is to be _____.

3. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?

4. When did Lajos Egri die?

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?

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