1. Which is not something Aristotle says he will address in the Poetics?
A. THE STRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR A GOOD POEM
B. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF POETRY
C. THE REVISION PROCESS FOR POETRY
D. THE METHOD IN WHICH A POEM IS DIVIDED INTO PARTS
2. What does Aristotle mean by imitation?
a) MIMICRY OF SOUND
b) REPRESENTATION OF LIFE
c) MIMICRY OF LANGUAGE
d) REPRESENTATION OF DEATH
3. Which is not included in the definition of poetry?
a) COMEDY
b) ESSAY
c) TRAGEDY
d) MUSIC
4. 4Which is not included in poetry's imitation?
a) INSTINCT
b) HARMONY
c) LANGUAGE
d) RHYTHM
5. 5What does 'dramitas' mean?
a) DRAMA OF DANCING
b) DRAMA OF MUSIC
c) DRAMA OF ACTION
d) DRAMA OF LANGUAGE
6. 6Tragedy presents men...
a) BETTER THAN THEY ARE
b) WORSE THAN THEY ARE
c) AS THEY ARE
d) AS THEY OUGHT TO BE
7. 7Comedy presents men...
AS THEY OUGHT TO BE
a) AS THEY AREb) WORSE THAN THEY ARE
c) BETTER THEN THEY ARE
8. 8Epic presents men...
a) AS THEY ARE
b) BETTER THAN THEY ARE
c) WORSE THAN THEY ARE
d) AS THEY OUGHT TO BE
9. 9According to Aristotle, Homer tends to present men...
a) AS THEY OUGHT TO BE
b) AS THEY ARE
c) BETTER THEN THEY ARE
d) WORSE THEN THEY ARE
10.10Which is not a form of imitative narration?
a) FIRST-PERSON OMNISCIENT 'I'
b) SECOND-PERSON NARRATOR ('YOU')
c) THIRD-PERSON NARRATOR
d) FIRST-PERSON 'I'
11.11What is one of the reasons poetry emerged?
a) THE NECESSITY FOR PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT
b) THE RISE OF COURT MUSIC
c) THE INSTINCT FOR DANCE
d) MAN'S INSTINCT FOR IMITATION
12.12What does poetry tend to imitate, according to Aristotle?
a) DANCE AND MUSIC
b) NOBLE MEN AND 'BAD' MEN
c) 'NATURE' IN ALL FORMS
d) EPIC GRIEF
13.13What genre began with the imitation of 'meaner men'?
a) EPIC
b) COMEDY
c) TRAGEDY
d) DRAMA
14.14Which genre was at first not taken seriously?
a) EPIC
b) COMEDY
c) TRAGEDYd) DRAMA
15.15Fill in the blank: All the elements of [x] are found in tragedy, but not all
the elements of [x] are found in [x]
a) DRAMA
b) COMEDY
c) MUSIC
d) EPIC
16.16Which is not a component of tragedy?
a) CHARACTER
b) NARRATIVE FORM
c) PLOT
d) THOUGHT
17.17What by definition is serious, complete, and of a significant magnitude?
a) EPIC
b) TRAGEDY
c) COMEDY
d) DRAMA
18.18What comprises the arrangement of incidents that result from
character and thought giving way to action?
a) PLOT
b) DICTION
c) CHARACTER
d) THOUGHT
19.19Complication and denouement are two elements of...
a) CHARACTER
b) PLOT
c) SPEECH
d) THOUGHT
20.20What does Aristotle mean by dictoin?
a) RHYTHMIC LANGUAGE
b) GRIEF
c) SONG
d) DICTION
21.21According to Aristotle, what is the most important element of tragedy?
a) THOUGHT
b) COMEDYc) PLOT
d) CHARACTER
22.22What is the least important element of a tragedy?
a) PLOT
b) SONG
c) DICTION
d) SPECTACLE
23.23Tragedy relies on...
a) PITY
b) NARRATIVE
c) CHARACTER
d) ACTION
24.24What is the term for a purgation of pity and fear in the audience?
a) DRAMA
b) SPECTACLE
c) CATHARSIS
d) IMITATION
25.25What is the term for the qualities ascribed to a certain men?
a) DICTION
b) SONG
c) SPECTACLE
d) CHARACTER
CREDIT: ADUSI POKU(ABETICOE)
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