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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. Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) August Strindberg.
(c) Anton Chekhov.
(d) Henrik Ibsen.

2. "Hymn to the Rising Sun" is cited in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue to prove how _____ can be put forth competently without force or illogical, out-of-character dialogue?
(a) Ideas.
(b) Messages.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Rhetoric.

3. Who suffers from inherited syphilis in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Helene.
(b) Regina.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Oswald.

4. A play is said to be _____ when its characters move too quickly, jumping from emotion to emotion because they are one-dimensional, and their actions make little sense?
(a) Liberal.
(b) Over-active.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Melodrama.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals?

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

3. What is always relative to someone or something, according to the author?

4. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler"?

5. In one line of dialogue, a character will be delighted with their life, and two lines later, disturbingly mad. What kind of conflict is this an example of?

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