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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of art is considered less refined?
(a) That which depicts animal behavior.
(b) Art that depicts anything and everything.
(c) That which depicts very little.
(d) Art that uses paint as its medium.

2. The plot, as Aristotle explains, should be unified in such a way that each part should be what?
(a) Equivalent.
(b) Necessary to the whole.
(c) Trivial.
(d) Necessary to other parts, but not to the whole.

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

4. What is one reason Aristotle considers this certain form of art to be more refined?
(a) It can achieve the same effect in fewer words.
(b) It can achieve the same effect with virtually no metaphors.
(c) He considers all forms of art equal.
(d) It is never performed on stage.

5. Aristotle defines poetic work as what?
(a) A philosophical undertaking.
(b) A love affair.
(c) A spiritual journey.
(d) A bad imitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aristotle believe to be the downfall of many poets?

2. What is one of the requirements Aristotle mentions for a good tragic plot?

3. Aristotle says that a poet must understand what in order to write a scene of love effectively between a man and a woman?

4. What type of tragedy does Aristotle say does NOT require impressive visual effects when performed on stage to impress their spectators?

5. What type of action does Aristotle say occurs with "Recognition" and/or "Reversal of Situation"?

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