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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order for a plot to be truly effective in achieving the desired emotional response from its readers or audience, Aristotle says that the poet must do what?
(a) Pick characters whose relationships to one another make the actions of the plot more interesting.
(b) Pick characters that the audience can easily pity.
(c) Infuse irony throughout the story.
(d) Write a tragedy with a sad ending.

2. In art, Aristotle defines the medium as what?
(a) A middle state or condition.
(b) The manner in which the art is produced.
(c) The average.
(d) The artist's spiritual inspiration.

3. Per Aristotle, in which of the following ways does poetry NOT differ from history?
(a) Poetry is a higher pursuit than history.
(b) Poetry tells the future, and history tells the past.
(c) Poetry depicts what happens according to the "laws of probability and necessity."
(d) History is concerned simply with facts.

4. Aristotle says that storytelling with episodic plots is to be favored by whom?
(a) No one.
(b) Poor poets.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Homer.

5. In poetry, Aristotle explains that the "Recognition" is almost always what?
(a) A tragedy.
(b) A surprise.
(c) Between two characters.
(d) The end of the poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle believes that a poet can turn a complex plot into a simple one by doing what?

2. How does Aristotle say the different types of poetry emerged?

3. How does Aristotle differentiate poetry from prose?

4. What does Aristotle identify as the foundation of good poetry writing?

5. Aristotle says what type of poetry imitates the "lower" types of men?

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