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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the conclusion according to Aristotle?
(a) It gives the reader a sense of suspense.
(b) It shows how the problem is eventually solved or not solved.
(c) It ties the beginning and the end together.
(d) It leads to the middle of the story.

2. What are the ways Aristotle explains in regard to how poets differ in their representation of the object?
(a) Poets can portray the objects as worse or the same as they are.
(b) There is no difference in the way poets portray the objects.
(c) Poets can portray the object as better or worse, but never the same as they are.
(d) Poets can portray the objects as worse, better, or the same as they are

3. In art, what does Aristotle believe to be the object?
(a) Usually a person.
(b) Usually an animal.
(c) Something solid.
(d) What the art imitates.

4. In a tragedy, Aristotle warns that the poet must NOT choose a character who is altogether what?
(a) Good.
(b) Generous.
(c) Evil.
(d) Bitter.

5. Why does Aristotle believe that a failed action by a person who is aware of the circumstances is considered to be of a certain quality?
(a) An audience does not like happy endings.
(b) The person was already aware and no disaster occurs.
(c) A failed action interrupts the flow.
(d) A person who is aware is boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In poetry, Aristotle says that in the "Odyssey" recognition comes about how??

2. Aristotle asserts that the main character of a tragedy must have what?

3. Artistically, what type of recognition does Aristotle consider to be a serious flaw?

4. What, as Aristotle states, are good poets forced to do when they write stories with episodic plots?

5. What does Aristotle identify as a poet's medium?

(see the answer key)

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