Deck 2: Tragedy, Aristotle, and Literary Works

Question 1

---------arouses the emotions of pity and fear

A)tragedy
B)comedy
C)epic
D)revenge play

Answer 1

tragedy

Question 2

In tragedy, the emotions of pity and fear are aroused with a view to -------

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Answer 2

anagnorisis

Question 3

Purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is referred to as------

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Answer 3

catharsis

Question 4

The term used by Aristotle to mean tragic flaw is ----

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Question 5

The term used by Aristotle to mean 'recognition'

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Question 6

The term used by Aristotle to mean "reversal of situations" in a tragedy

A)hamartia
B)anagnorisis
C)catharsis
D)peripetia

Question 7

Aristotle classified plot into simple and complex plot on the basis of ------

A)hammartia & catharsis
B)anagnoris & peripetia
C)sublimity & decorum
D)all the above.

Question 8

The English equivalent of the term "hamartia"

A)tragedy
B)tragic flaw
C)tragic hero
D)tragic mistake

Question 9

Who made the distinction between simple and complex plot on the basis of anagnorisis and peripetia

A)aristotle
B)plato
C)words worth
D)coleridge

Question 10

the author of Illiad

A)Homer
B)Aristotle
C)virgil
D)Dante

Question 11

the Author of odessey

A)Homer
B)Aristotle
C)virgil
D)Dante

Question 12

the author of DIVINE COMEDY

A)Homer
B)Aristotle
C)virgil
D)Dante

Question 13

the Author AENEAD

A)Homer
B)Aristotle
C)virgil
D)Dante

Question 14

the author of Decameron

A)Homer
B)Baccaccio
C)virgil
D)Dante

Question 15

Chaucer's "Canterbur- tales" is model down _______

A)Homer's Illead
B)Boccaccio's Decameron
C)virgil's aenea
D)D Dante's Devine Comedy

Question 16

ithe strategy of the wodden horse emerged in the cunning brain of _______

A)Ulysses
B)Agamemnon
C)Achilles
D)None of these

Question 17

Which amoung the following does Aristotle consider as the best example for a complex plot

A)OEDIPUS REX
B)Spanish Tragedy
C)Hamlet
D)none of the above

Question 18

the tragedy of OEDIPUS REX is due to

A)Blindinf himself
B)marrying his mother
C)killing of his father
D)both 'b' and 'c'

Question 19

The mother of OEDIPUS

A)Laius
B)jocasta
C)venus
D)Penelope

Question 20

The father of OEDIPUS

A)Laius
B)jocasta
C)venus
D)Penelope

Question 21

the term OEDIPUS REX Takes its orgin from

A)OEDIPUS REX
B)Illead
C)ODESSEY
D)none these

Question 22

Ulysses Wife

A)Laius
B)jocasta
C)venus
D)Penelope

Question 23

Ulysses's Son

A)Achilles
B)Hector
C)Telemachus
D)Oedipus

Question 24

the trogen war was faught between

A)The Trojns and The Greek
B)the Athenianas and the Greek
C)Trojns an
D)the Athenians D none of above

Question 25

the trogen war was fought on account of

A)Aphrodite
B)Helen
C)Hecuba
D)Penelope

Question 26

the Adventure of Ulysses is dealt in ______

A)Tennyson's Ulysses
B)James Joyce's
C)Browning's Andrea Del sarto
D)all the above

Question 27

Siddharta is a novel by

A)Tagore
B)Mulkraj Anand
C)Herman Hesse
D)none of these