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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Concerning what Aristotle says about the conclusion of a tragedy, which of the following statements is FALSE?
(a) The story can end happily.
(b) The characters always resolve the issues and harmony is restored.
(c) The characters can conquer the problem.
(d) The problem can conquer the characters and the story ends unhappily.
2. In the abstract of "Poetics", what exists when one set of things has the same relationship to one another as a second set of things has to each other?
(a) Coincidence.
(b) An analogy.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) A metaphor.
3. In a good tragedy as defined by Aristotle, why wouldn't you see two evil men fighting and killing one another?
(a) Evil men team up, not fight each other.
(b) This action would not inspire pity.
(c) A tragedy only has one evil character.
(d) It would be boring.
4. The object poetry portrays is what, according to Aristotle?
(a) Tragic events.
(b) Various places around the world.
(c) Other poets.
(d) Men in action.
5. Aristotle gives the following as an example of what: Homer says that Odysseus accomplished a certain number of deeds?
(a) Deception.
(b) His imagination.
(c) A metaphor.
(d) Exaggeration.
Short Answer Questions
1. Per Aristotle, what quality does a finer form of art have?
2. Aristotle credits whom with giving a great example of how one can take even a historical event and reduce and organize it into a simple and elegant story?
3. When an evil character of a tragic story is suddenly thrust into misfortune, it has been said that this satisfies the moral sense of the audience, but Aristotle asserts that the misfortune does not inspire what?
4. What is the name that Aristotle uses for words that an audience may not understand?
5. In the context of poetry and according to Aristotle's teachings, why is man naturally attracted to imitation?
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