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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In an episodic plot, Aristotle explains that the individual episodes of the story bear what to one another?
(a) Irony.
(b) A lot of similarity.
(c) Little or no relation to one another.
(d) Opposition.

2. What other name does Aristotle give to the conclusion of a tragedy?
(a) The big tragic event.
(b) The unraveling.
(c) The climax.
(d) The turning point.

3. Why does Aristotle believe that the main character of a tragedy ought to be a certain way?
(a) Because the character's weakness ought to be the cause of his misfortune.
(b) Because no one is perfect.
(c) People take pity on weak characters.
(d) A main character can become strong.

4. Aristotle explains that a sign is one of four types of recognition. What is an example of recognition occurring through the use of a sign?
(a) A character recognizes another by a certain scar or birthmark.
(b) A character's action is interrupted by what seems to be divine intervention.
(c) A character receives a psychic reading.
(d) A character has a vivid dream.

5. What type of words does Aristotle say are commonly used by a certain group of people?
(a) "Current" words.
(b) "Bad" words.
(c) "Futuristic" words.
(d) "Monosyllabic" words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that a poet must understand what in order to write a scene of love effectively between a man and a woman?

2. What men does Aristotle consider to be "lower" types?

3. Aristotle mentions that sometimes poets can confuse the reader with a word's connotation, but the confusion may be due to what?

4. Upon what does Aristotle think the plot of a poem should always be based?

5. Generally performed for an audience, tragic poetry, as Aristotle explains, is embellished with episodes and gestures for what reason?

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