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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a tragedy, Aristotle says that the main character cannot be what?
(a) Speaking in the third person.
(b) Flawless.
(c) Insecure.
(d) Self-centered.

2. What does Aristotle identify as the foundation of good poetry writing?
(a) Using well-researched historical events.
(b) An interesting twist or turn.
(c) Probability and necessity.
(d) Irony.

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

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

5. Aristotle explains that a sign is one of four types of recognition. What is an example of recognition occurring through the use of a sign?
(a) A character's action is interrupted by what seems to be divine intervention.
(b) A character has a vivid dream.
(c) A character recognizes another by a certain scar or birthmark.
(d) A character receives a psychic reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other name does Aristotle give to the conclusion of a tragedy?

2. Per Aristotle, the unity of plot is what to the unity of a character's actions?

3. Per Aristotle, in which of the following ways does poetry NOT differ from history?

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

5. How does Aristotle define "Recognition"?

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