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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle explains that actions described in a tragic plot should have certain characteristics. Which one of the following is NOT one of the characteristics that Aristotle identifies?
(a) Actions should be interesting.
(b) Actions should be not too small or too large.
(c) Actions should be minute and trivial.
(d) Actions should help the reader grasp the significance of the whole.

2. 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.

3. When a poet presents the poem in the voice of one of the characters, what method does Aristotle say that the poet is using?
(a) The method of imitation.
(b) The method of first person.
(c) The method of third person.
(d) The method of recognition.

4. Aristotle explains that tragedies should have what that other poems do not?
(a) More sadness.
(b) A much more limited scale.
(c) More irony.
(d) Death.

5. When constructing the plot, the poet ought to do what first, according to Aristotle?
(a) Develop the beginning of the story.
(b) Fill out the individual episodes and scenes.
(c) Develop the ending of the story.
(d) Outline the plot in totality.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Aristotle states, what ways are epic poems different from other poems, specifically tragedies?

2. Aristotle says that at most, episodic plots involve what?

3. Men are drawn to write poetry for several reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Aristotle provides?

4. What does Aristotle identify as a poet's medium?

5. In an episodic plot, Aristotle explains that the individual episodes of the story bear what to one another?

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