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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the poet takes the appropriate steps in developing plot, Aristotle explains that the poet is much more likely to do what?
(a) Have more consistencies in the plot.
(b) Have a strong ending.
(c) Have a strong beginning.
(d) Choose great characters.

2. When Homer says that Odysseus accomplished a certain number of deeds, what does Aristotle say the reader should do?
(a) Interpret this literally.
(b) Understand that Odysseus is a busy man.
(c) Question Homer's ability to write believable stories.
(d) Infer that Odysseus simply accomplished a large number of deeds.

3. In a good tragedy, Aristotle explains that the misfortune the main character experiences is usually caused by what?
(a) The character's arrogance.
(b) Misguided love.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) The character's weakness.

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

5. What would Aristotle say about the following action: a man is about to kill his brother, thinking him to be his enemy, but discovers his identity and therefore spares his life?
(a) Poor plot development.
(b) An interesting turn of events.
(c) The most successful kind of action.
(d) Poor execution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of poetry does Aristotle say is addressed to a much more cultivated audience?

2. What form of art does Aristotle consider to be more refined and superior?

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

4. What type of stories does Aristotle identify as more fit for epic poems than tragedies?

5. Like any art, poetry is defined by Aristotle as what?

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