9. This is the central idea of the short story. a. Plot b. Setting d. Point of view c. Theme 10. It refers to the major problem in the story that the protagonist needs to face. a. Plot c. Character b. Setting d. Conflict 11. He wrote the "The Salutation of the Dawn". a. Tagore c. Kalidasa b. Rizal d. Sakuntala 12. Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves is a short story embedded in the A Thousand and One Nights, also called The Arabian Nights. a. True c. Partly True b. False d. Partly False