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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) Develop the ending of the story.
(b) Develop the beginning of the story.
(c) Outline the plot in totality.
(d) Fill out the individual episodes and scenes.

2. Aristotle says that it's important for any poet to master what in a tragedy?
(a) The beginning of the story.
(b) The complication and unraveling.
(c) The main character's life and death.
(d) The middle of the story.

3. What is history according to Aristotle?
(a) Lies.
(b) Accounts that may or may not have happened.
(c) Concerned simply with facts.
(d) Rumors promoted as truth.

4. What is one of the requirements Aristotle mentions for a good tragic plot?
(a) A good plot must be unified.
(b) A good plot must have disconnected episodes that tie together at the end.
(c) A good plot must be mysterious.
(d) A good plot must be tragic in the beginning, middle, and end.

5. What type of stories does Aristotle identify as more fit for epic poems than tragedies?
(a) Stories with happy endings.
(b) Stories that give true historical accounts.
(c) Stories of considerably greater length and scope.
(d) Stories that are shorter and to the point.

Short Answer Questions

1. If the characters conquer the problem, how does Aristotle say the tragedy ends?

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

3. Aristotle says that simply doing what well leaves a mediocre piece of art?

4. How does Aristotle compare the medium of poetry and prose?

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

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