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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What men does Aristotle consider to be "lower" types?
(a) Unemployed men.
(b) Single men.
(c) Men who are defective in some way, but not altogether evil or malicious towards others.
(d) Men who are poor and unhealthy.

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

3. What type of action does Aristotle say occurs without "Recognition" or "Reversal of Situation"?
(a) Simple.
(b) Incongruent.
(c) Good.
(d) Sad.

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

5. According to Aristotle, how does tragedy achieve the emotion it inspires?
(a) Using the element of surprise.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Irony.
(d) Contradiction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Aristotle explains that tragedy is not only concerned with the depiction of just any action, but of actions that inspire what?

3. What type of situation does Aristotle explain occurs more frequently in tragedy?

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

5. In art, what does Aristotle believe to be the object?

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