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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Aristotle, why do the greatest tragedy poets always choose characters that belong to such groups?
(a) An educated character is more believable.
(b) A character with few friends is more interesting.
(c) A fall from such a great height will impress the spectator.
(d) A moral character is more believable.
2. Based on Aristotle's "Poetics", great tragedy poets always choose characters that belong to what?
(a) Wealthy and prominent families.
(b) Small social groups.
(c) Various churches.
(d) Universities.
3. What men does Aristotle consider to be "lower" types?
(a) Unemployed men.
(b) Single men.
(c) Men who are poor and unhealthy.
(d) Men who are defective in some way, but not altogether evil or malicious towards others.
4. In poetry, what is the term that Aristotle gives for an action that aims to accomplish a certain goal, but actually accomplishes the opposite?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Failure.
(c) Reversal of Situation.
(d) Irony.
5. Per Aristotle, in which of the following ways does poetry NOT differ from history?
(a) Poetry is a higher pursuit than history.
(b) Poetry depicts what happens according to the "laws of probability and necessity."
(c) Poetry tells the future, and history tells the past.
(d) History is concerned simply with facts.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Aristotle, how does tragedy achieve the emotion it inspires?
2. In a tragic story, a mother who is about to kill her son--and she is aware that it is her son--does not carry out the action. Aristotle uses this as an example of what?
3. Why does Aristotle believe that the main character of a tragedy ought to be a certain way?
4. According to Aristotle, why do good poets sometimes write stories using episodic plots?
5. Aristotle teaches that the beginning of a well-written tragedy starts at what point?
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