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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle asserts that men who find poetry very attractive find great pleasure in what?
(a) Eating.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Learning.
(d) Sleeping.

2. What does Aristotle call the individual episodes of a story with an episodic plot?
(a) Funny.
(b) Isolated stories.
(c) Dependent stories.
(d) Interesting.

3. Like any art, poetry is defined by Aristotle as what?
(a) A kind of imitation.
(b) A rhyme with more than four sentences.
(c) A theatrical play.
(d) A funny story.

4. How does Aristotle say the different types of poetry emerged?
(a) From the personalities of different types of men.
(b) The most talented poets decided on the different types.
(c) Peers voted on their preference.
(d) From non-fiction.

5. In what three ways does Aristotle differentiate various art forms from one another?
(a) By the medium, objects, and manner of imitation.
(b) According to the artist, era, and artistic effort.
(c) Manner of imitation, artist, and era.
(d) Era, objects, and manner of imitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context of poetry and according to Aristotle's teachings, why is man naturally attracted to imitation?

2. In poetry, what is the term that Aristotle gives for an action that aims to accomplish a certain goal, but actually accomplishes the opposite?

3. In the context of poetry, Aristotle explains that rhythm is used in the form of a what?

4. What type of story does Aristotle define as "episodic"?

5. Aristotle teaches that the beginning of a well-written tragedy starts at what point?

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