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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of action does Aristotle say occurs with "Recognition" and/or "Reversal of Situation"?
(a) Complex.
(b) Bad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Congruent.

2. What type of situation does Aristotle explain occurs more frequently in tragedy?
(a) The main character dying from illness.
(b) The protagonist losing one of his or her five senses.
(c) A child being abandoned.
(d) A member of a family killing another member.

3. What does Aristotle identify as the foundation of good poetry writing?
(a) Probability and necessity.
(b) Using well-researched historical events.
(c) An interesting twist or turn.
(d) Irony.

4. What are the ways Aristotle explains in regard to how poets differ in their representation of the object?
(a) There is no difference in the way poets portray the objects.
(b) Poets can portray the objects as worse or the same as they are.
(c) Poets can portray the object as better or worse, but never the same as they are.
(d) Poets can portray the objects as worse, better, or the same as they are

5. In a tragedy, how does Aristotle say the element of surprise should come about?
(a) Only after recognition has occurred.
(b) Once the main character has demonstrated his worth and morals.
(c) Consistent with the principles of probability and necessity.
(d) Gradually.

Short Answer Questions

1. In poetry, Aristotle says that in the "Odyssey" recognition comes about how??

2. What does Aristotle identify as the most essential element of tragedy?

3. What is history according to Aristotle?

4. Aristotle says that at most, episodic plots involve what?

5. Aristotle says what type of poetry imitates the "lower" types of men?

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