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

2. Aristotle states that poetry depicts what?
(a) The future.
(b) Things that happen according to the "laws of probability and necessity."
(c) History.
(d) Things that happen based on fact and fiction.

3. Like any art, poetry is defined by Aristotle as what?
(a) A funny story.
(b) A rhyme with more than four sentences.
(c) A theatrical play.
(d) A kind of imitation.

4. How does Aristotle define "Recognition"?
(a) A sudden realization that one is familiar with something.
(b) A deep knowing.
(c) A change from ignorance to knowledge.
(d) An understanding of something.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what three ways does Aristotle differentiate various art forms from one another?

2. In addition to a sign, what is the second kind of recognition as identified by Aristotle?

3. What does Aristotle call the individual episodes of a story with an episodic plot?

4. Aristotle explains that actions described in a tragic plot should have certain characteristics. Which one of the following is NOT one of the characteristics that Aristotle identifies?

5. What would Aristotle say about the following action: a man is about to kill his brother, thinking him to be his enemy, but discovers his identity and therefore spares his life?

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