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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. Whom does Oedipus marry?
(a) Ione.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Acredes.
(d) Jocasta.

2. According to the author, every sensible invention must have _____.
(a) A price.
(b) A purpose.
(c) Marketability.
(d) An owner.

3. What term is called storyline, the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story?
(a) Drama.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Tale.
(d) Plot.

4. Shakespeare, according to the author, ignored _____ rules for writing.
(a) Plato's.
(b) Socrates'.
(c) Aristotle's.
(d) Homer's.

5. Who wrote that the obligatory scene "is the immediate goal toward which the play is driving"?
(a) Lajos Egri.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) Albert Maltz.
(d) John Howard Lawson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the man live with, in the scenario created by the author in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?

2. Who is the priest in the play "Ghosts"?

3. Tartuffe is whose houseguest in the play "Tartuffe"?

4. According to the author, the opposing force of the antagonist absolutely must be _____.

5. Who wrote the play "Dinner at Eight"?

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