TEST - 64

In Aristotle’s Poetics (c. 335 BCE), which of the six parts does he call the “soul” of tragedy?

• Character
• Plot
• Thought
• Spectacle

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which pair marks the “complex” plot?

• Hamartia & catharsis
• Peripeteia & anagnorisis
• Mimesis & mythos
• Diction & melody

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which meter does he prefer for tragedy?

• Dactylic hexameter
• Iambic trimeter
• Trochaic tetrameter
• Sapphic stanza

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which element ranks last in importance?

• Spectacle
• Diction
• Melody
• Thought

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which emotion pair culminates in catharsis?

• Love & envy
• Fear & pity
• Shame & pride
• Joy & grief

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which type of plot does he call “worst”?

• Episodic
• Linear
• Circular
• Framed

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which term names the protagonist’s tragic mistake?

• Hybris
• Hamartia
• Anagnorisis
• Peripeteia

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which form does he finally judge superior?

• Epic
• Tragedy
• Lyric
• Satyr play

In Aristotle’s Poetics, how many traditional chapters survive in the main treatise?

• 24
• 25
• 26
• 27

In Aristotle’s Poetics, which “book” is lost?

• On comedy
• On lyric
• On satire
• On rhetoric