Aristotle’s Poetics
1) Aristotle's Poetics was an
answer to -------.
a) Sidney's An
Apology for Poetry b)
Shelley's A Defense of Poetry
c) Plato's Republic
d)
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
2) The Poetics is mainly concerned
with -------.
a) Comedy b) Poetry c)
Epic d) Tragedy
3) The common principle of all fine arts
is that ------------.
a) they give us
pleasure b)
they imitate something
c) they are useful
to us d)
they are of no use
4) Tragedy is an imitation of ---------.
a) action
b) people c) life d)
world
5) The term ‘mimesis’ was first used by
---------.
a) Philip Sidney b)
P. B. Shelley
c) Plato
d)
Chaucer
6) What does Aristotle mean by the word
'magnitude'?
a) management b) proper
size or length of the plot
c) the function of
tragedy d) the theme of
tragedy
7) Discovery' means the change of fortunes
in hero's life from -----------.
a) adversity to
prosperity b)
prosperity to adversity
c) ignorance to
knowledge d) poverty to wealth
8) According to Aristotle, a tragedy has
---------- formative elements.
a) six
b) five c) many d) nine
9) -------- is the very soul of tragedy.
a) character b) dialogue c)
plot d) catharsis
10) The word 'Catharsis' is used to denote
-----------.
a) the action of
tragedy b)
the list of characters
c) the function or
emotional effect of tragedy d) the definition of tragedy
11) The root meaning of hamartia is
------.
a) fixing the
target b)
missing the mark
c) finding fault d) right
choice
12) According to Bradley, hamartia is
---------.
a) tragic flaw
b) justice c) fortune d) right decision
13) Butcher and Bywater believe that
hamartia means --------.
a) a missing of
mark b)
misfortune of hero
c) an error of
judgment d)
all of these
14) Hamartia is not --------.
a) moral falling
b) ideal truth c) universal truth d) none of these
15) Aristotle used the word hamartia for
---------.
a) villain b) ideal tragic hero d) heroine d)
none of these
16) Aristotle defines tragedy in _____ of Poetics.
a)
Book I b) Book III c) Book IV d) Book VI
17) According to Aristotle, a tragedy
should be in the form of _____.
a)
narration b) action
c) description d) prose
18) For a tragic hero, Aristotle gives an
example of _____.
a)
Oedipus b) King Lear c) Hamlet d) Macbeth
19) According to Aristotle, a tragic hero
must be _____.
a)
shy b) very poor c) ethically good d) selfish
B) Answer the
following questions in one word/phrase/sentence.
1) Where did Plato
use the term ‘mimesis’? (Republic)
2) Which Greek
word is represented ‘imitation’ in English? (Mimesis)
3) What does
Aristotle mean by "the action of tragedy must be complete'? (It must
have a well beginning, a middle and an end.)
4) Which are the
two kinds of plot, according to Aristotle? (simple and complex)
5) What is meant
by peripety? (The change in fortunes of the hero)
6) How should be
the language of tragedy, according to Aristotle? (dignified and elevated)
7) What does
Aristotle mean by the plot in tragedy? (the arrangement of incidents)
8) What kind of
emotions are given outlet through tragedy? (pity and fear)
9) How should be
the tragic hero, according to Aristotle? (He should be good, but not too
good or perfect.)
10) What is the
root meaning of hamartia? (“missing the mark”)
11) What is the
meaning of hamartia according to Else and Martin Ostward? (The hero has a
tendency to err, created by lack of knowledge)
12) What is the
meaning of anagnorisis? (It is a sudden change, “from ignorance to
knowledge”.)
13) Who believes
that hamartia is not moral state; but an error of judgment which a man makes or
commits? (Butcher, Bywater, and Rostangi)
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