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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the poet takes the appropriate steps in developing plot, Aristotle explains that the poet is much more likely to do what?
(a) Choose great characters.
(b) Have a strong beginning.
(c) Have a strong ending.
(d) Have more consistencies in the plot.

2. Aristotle says that storytelling with episodic plots is to be favored by whom?
(a) Poor poets.
(b) Homer.
(c) No one.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Aristotle explains that tragedy is not only concerned with the depiction of just any action, but of actions that inspire what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Pity.
(d) Happiness.

4. What is one of the requirements Aristotle mentions for a good tragic plot?
(a) A good plot must be tragic in the beginning, middle, and end.
(b) A good plot must be unified.
(c) A good plot must have disconnected episodes that tie together at the end.
(d) A good plot must be mysterious.

5. When a poet presents the poem in the voice of one of the characters, what method does Aristotle say that the poet is using?
(a) The method of third person.
(b) The method of imitation.
(c) The method of recognition.
(d) The method of first person.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aristotle, how should the plot of a well-written tragedy be structured?

2. In art, what does Aristotle believe to be the object?

3. What type of poetry does Aristotle say focuses on serious and important actions?

4. Aristotle believes that a poet can turn a complex plot into a simple one by doing what?

5. When one character realizes that another character has fewer morals than he once thought, what does Aristotle say is happening?

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