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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of story does Aristotle define as "episodic"?
2. How does Aristotle say the different types of poetry emerged?
3. What type of situation does Aristotle explain occurs more frequently in tragedy?
4. What does Aristotle consider to be secondary to the most essential element of tragedy?
5. What does Aristotle call the individual episodes of a story with an episodic plot?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Aristotle, different types of poetry emerge from the personalities of different types of men. What are two examples Aristotle gives in relationship to personality of men and types of poetry?
2. Whom does Aristotle say favors episodic, as opposed to epic, storytelling and why?
3. How does Aristotle classify or divide actions? Explain.
4. What does Aristotle say about plot in tragedy?
5. Based on Aristotle's teachings, what does it mean when a plot is unified?
6. Why does Aristotle consider poetic work to be a philosophical undertaking, and, therefore, a higher pursuit than history, which is concerned simply with facts?
7. According to Aristotle, how does the method of imitation differ?
8. How does Aristotle define tragedy as a type of poetry?
9. Based on Section I of Aristotle's "Poetics", how is the medium specific to poetry similar to and different from prose?
10. How does Aristotle differentiate the arts from one another?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based on Aristotle's "Poetics", how does poetry differ from history according to Aristotle? Why is poetry considered a higher pursuit than history to Aristotle? How does Aristotle define the "laws of probability and necessity"?
Essay Topic 2
What reasons does Aristotle give regarding why the poet must be sensitive to the nature of language? Into what parts can language be subdivided? What are some ways suggested by Aristotle that a poet could effectively create a rhythmic and pleasant-sounding poem that has a meter that is appropriate to the type of poem he is creating as well as to the subject matter?
Essay Topic 3
How would you develop an episodic plot as defined by Aristotle? What type of poets does Aristotle say are known to use this form of storytelling? Why do other types of poets use this form?
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