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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hedda Gabler's father in the play of the same name is _____.
(a) A sergeant.
(b) A general.
(c) A lieutenant.
(d) A corporal.

2. In Book III: Conflict, Chapter 1: Origin of Action, the author claims that every action has components that _____.
(a) Cause conflict.
(b) Require thinking.
(c) Cause pain.
(d) Cause it to happen.

3. The premise of a dramatic work, according to the author, is not the same as _____.
(a) The plot.
(b) The protagonist.
(c) A universal truth.
(d) The antagonist.

4. It is stated by the author that rising conflict will result in _____.
(a) Second-rate dialogue.
(b) Transition.
(c) First-rate dialogue.
(d) Static.

5. Who wrote the play "Stevedore"?
(a) Edna Ferber.
(b) Paul Peters.
(c) Henrik Ibsen.
(d) George S. Kaufman.

6. What is always relative to someone or something, according to the author?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Plot.
(c) Definition.
(d) Catharsis.

7. When a play jumps, the conflict lags, and if that happens, the trouble is directed back to not having a clear-cut what?
(a) Plot.
(b) Hero.
(c) Premise.
(d) Villain.

8. When the character neither has a strong will nor knows what he wants, what kind of conflict arises?
(a) Static.
(b) Stale.
(c) Stagnant.
(d) Fermented.

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

10. Who is the object of Tartuffe's lust in "Tartuffe"?
(a) Orgon.
(b) Mariane.
(c) Elmire.
(d) Madame Pernelle.

11. Who is a carpenter in the play "Ghosts"?
(a) Oswald Alving.
(b) Captain Alving.
(c) Jacob Engstrand.
(d) Pastor Manders.

12. Who offers an explanation of dialogue in Book IV: General, Chapter 3: Dialogue?
(a) A teacher of the author's.
(b) A student of the author's.
(c) A layman.
(d) A famous drama critic.

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

14. What philosopher surmised that "every story must have a beginning, middle, and an end"?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Homer.

15. What does Lajos Egri define as a state of things in which a decisive change one way or another is impending?
(a) Turning point.
(b) Milestone.
(c) Crisis.
(d) Fork in the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. To examine how gradually a person moves from one pole to the other, the author cites from one of _____ works that studies the peaceful death of a perfectly healthy old man.

2. What is defined as the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work?

3. The author stresses that it is bad play writing to create atmosphere and gather evidence of the problem before establishing _____.

4. Who wrote the play "Tobacco Road"?

5. Lajos Egri believes that the greatest fault of the play "Stevedore", is a serious lack of _____.

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