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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what two types does Aristotle divide actions?
(a) Good and bad.
(b) Happy and sad.
(c) Congruent and incongruent.
(d) Simple and complex.

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

3. Aristotle says that at most, episodic plots involve what?
(a) Sad middle and happy ending.
(b) Disconnected foreshadowing.
(c) The same characters.
(d) Strange irony.

4. Concerning the "laws of probability and necessity," what statement below is NOT correct according to Aristotle's teachings in "Poetics"?
(a) The poet implies his vision of how the world should be.
(b) The poet implies his notion of justice.
(c) The poet portrays what events could possibly happen in the world.
(d) The poet implies his understanding of how the world works.

5. What type of story does Aristotle define as "episodic"?
(a) A great story.
(b) A dramatic story.
(c) A sad story.
(d) A particularly poor story.

Short Answer Questions

1. A character attempting to save his friend but accidentally killing him instead is an example Aristotle gives for what?

2. Aristotle says that storytelling with episodic plots is to be favored by whom?

3. In art, Aristotle defines the medium as what?

4. Aristotle teaches that the beginning of a well-written tragedy starts at what point?

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

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