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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: General, Chapters 9 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a scene ends the same way it begins, it is ____, and therefore boring because it ignores drama, according to the author.
(a) Static.
(b) Déjà vu.
(c) Recurring.
(d) Redundant.

2. What childless widow is friends with Nora in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Christine Krogstad.
(b) Christine Rank.
(c) Christine Torvald.
(d) Christine Linde.

3. What human dimension are height, weight, sex, and age examples of?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Numerology.

4. What is the name of Hedda's husband in "Hedda Gabler"?
(a) Jorgen.
(b) Ejlert.
(c) Berte.
(d) Henry.

5. What playwright does the author assert produced badly written plays after World War II had just finished, and dealt with problems rather tame and different, compared to what people had just gone through with the war?
(a) Erskine Caldwell.
(b) Robert E. Sherwood.
(c) Noel Coward.
(d) Osias L. Schwarz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?

2. 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?

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

4. The author writes that society is an atom of the universe, and that when a writer creates a fine and bold character, he is reproducing _____.

5. When did "The Cherry Orchard" premiere?

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