Which genre begins with the imitation of a “meaner man”:

A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Article
D. Poetry

Answer

B. Comedy

Which genre was, at first, not taken seriously:

A. Narrative Fiction
B. Poetry
C. Comedy
D. Fiction

Answer

C. Comedy

………. is a complete, serious and of certain magnitude:

A. Comedy
B. Fiction
C. Thesis
D. Tragedy

Answer

D. Tragedy

……… comprises the arrangement of incidents that results from character and thought giving way to action:

A. Rhythm
B. Plot
C. Language
D. Action

Answer

B. Plot

Complications and denouement are two elements of:

A. Action
B. Tragedy
C. Script
D. Plot

Answer

D. Plot

What is the term for the qualities ascribed to a certain man by Aristotle?

A. Character
B. Diction
C. Denouement
D. Axiom

Answer

A. Character

Who defines tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious, complete in itself, and of a certain magnitude. . . in the form of action, not narrative, through pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions”?

A. Socrates
B. Aristotle
C. Sophocles
D. Plato

Answer

B. Aristotle

Who defines tragedy as “an imitation of an action . . . through pity and fear effecting the proper catharsis of these emotions.”?

A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Sophocles
D. Homer

Answer

B. Aristotle

Who is known as the first scientific critic?

A. Longinus
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Socrates

Answer

C. Aristotle