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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Whom does Oedipus marry?
(a) Ione.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Acredes.
2. What does Lajos Egri claim to be the premise of "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) "Blind trust leads to destruction."
(b) "Great love defies even death."
(c) "Ruthless ambition leads to its own destruction."
(d) "Love rewards death."
3. The author undoubtedly wants his characters to be the play in order to express _____.
(a) The plot.
(b) The premise.
(c) The suspense.
(d) The ending.
4. According to the author, a character must represent the influence his _____ has had on him.
(a) Faith.
(b) Environment.
(c) Upbringing.
(d) Education.
5. According to the author, you must present a character as _____.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) An aesthetic.
(c) An individual.
(d) A principled person.
Short Answer Questions
1. What classical Greek Athenian philosopher was credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy and was known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students?
2. What term refers to the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work?
3. Who advises Juliet to take a strong sleeping draught on the eve of her wedding in "Romeo and Juliet"?
4. According to the author, characters must do what, for if a character is the same way in the beginning as he is in the end, the play is bad?
5. "Romeo and Juliet" begins with a feud between the Capulets and _____.
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the antagonist defined and described by the author?
2. What does the author assert in Book II: Character, Chapter 5: Strength of Will in a Character about the need to fight?
3. What is the author's premise in opening Book II: Character, Chapter 1?
4. How does the author define premise? What is the importance of the premise?
5. What does Egri say about the writer's doubts about a character's development?
6. What are the three dimensions the author describes as "bone structure"?
7. What example does the author give to explain the unity of opposites?
8. How does Egri view the correlation between thinking and premise?
9. Do all writers know their premise? What are the author's thoughts on this?
10. Describe the author's belief about growth in the character. Why must characters grow?
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