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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Aristotle believe to be most fit to handle grand metaphors and strange words?
(a) Analogies.
(b) Great poets.
(c) An educated audience.
(d) The "heroic" measure or hexameter.

3. Per Aristotle, what quality does a finer form of art have?
(a) Effective in fewer worlds.
(b) Current words.
(c) Effective with good or bad rhythm.
(d) Effective with fewer metaphors.

4. Generally performed for an audience, tragic poetry, as Aristotle explains, is embellished with episodes and gestures for what reason?
(a) To compensate for a poorly written tragedy.
(b) To keep the audience on their toes.
(c) To help eliminate confusion of words with multiple meanings.
(d) To make it easily understood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In how many ways does Aristotle say the method of imitation can differ?

2. What does Aristotle say about the element of surprise in a tragedy?

3. When a poet simply straightforwardly describes the events as they happen, what method does Aristotle say the poet is using?

4. Based on Aristotle's teachings, why do some tragedies use certain effects when performed on stage?

5. Into what two types does Aristotle divide actions?

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