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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When a poet simply straightforwardly describes the events as they happen, what method does Aristotle say the poet is using?
(a) The method of first person.
(b) The method of recognition.
(c) The method of imitation.
(d) The method of third person.

3. What are/is the name(s) of the part(s) that Aristotle gives to the plot of a tragedy?
(a) Whole.
(b) The complication and unraveling.
(c) Good, bad and worse.
(d) The beginning, middle, end, and whole.

4. What two things does Aristotle require to be present in a well-written story?
(a) Conflict and pain.
(b) Rhythm and harmony.
(c) Irony and foreshadowing.
(d) Birth and death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of action does Aristotle say occurs without "Recognition" or "Reversal of Situation"?

2. What reason does Aristotle give for Homer excluding many things that Odysseus does on his voyage home in the "Odyssey"?

3. What does Aristotle say about Homer's "Iliad"?

4. According to Aristotle, why do the greatest tragedy poets always choose characters that belong to such groups?

5. Concerning what Aristotle says about the conclusion of a tragedy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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