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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Book II, Character, Chapter 2: Environment discusses how a man's environment, health, and what will shape him into what he is?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Economic background.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Determination.

3. According to the author, it is essential that the main character have no _____ toward his ends.
(a) Conflict.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Battle.
(d) Alternative.

4. What was the original title of "The Art of Dramatic Writing"?
(a) "A Playwright's Dream".
(b) "Acting In the Modern World".
(c) "How to Write a Play".
(d) "The Stage".

5. When was "Oedipus Rex" first performed?
(a) 249 A.D.
(b) 429 A.D.
(c) 249 B.C.
(d) 429 B.C.

6. What refers to a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader?
(a) Poem.
(b) Script.
(c) Story.
(d) Manifesto.

7. Where is the man who meets the dog going in the author's scenario in Book II, Character, Chapter 11: Unity of Opposites?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) Work.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) The Library.

8. 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 owns several cats.
(b) He thinks it will bite him.
(c) He is allergic to dogs.
(d) His wife hates stray animals.

9. What does Oedipus do in the ending of "Oedipus Rex"?
(a) Shoots himself.
(b) Hangs himself.
(c) Cuts his wrist.
(d) Blinds himself.

10. Whom is Christine in love with in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Torvald.
(b) Dr. Rank.
(c) Nora.
(d) Krogstad.

11. What is Nora's last name in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Helmer.
(b) Torvald.
(c) Rank.
(d) Krogstad.

12. What does Lajos Egri state first and foremost the writer must have of his characters?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Irony.
(d) Empathy.

13. What term means a striking exhibition of unlikeness?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Contrast.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Obstacle.

14. From whom did Nora borrow money in "A Doll's House"?
(a) Dr. Rank.
(b) Torvald.
(c) Christine.
(d) Krogstad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play "A Doll's House"?

2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?

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

4. Who is Nora's husband in "A Doll's House"?

5. The Sophists taught what, meaning quality or excellence as the highest value and determinant of one's actions in life?

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