Question 1

In the poetics, the change in the fortunes of the hero is known as...

Accepted Answer

A) Periphery 
B) Discovery 
C) Catharsis 
D) None

Question 2

Who said "Tragedy imitates men as better, and comedy as worse than they really are."

Accepted Answer

A) A.C. Bradley 
B) John Dryden 
C) Aristotle 
D) Plato

Question 3

What is the meaning of the Term Peripeteia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?

Accepted Answer

A) Change in the fortune of the hero from bad to good 
B) Change in the fortune of the hero from good to bad 
C) Constancy in the fortune of the hero 
D) Fluctuations occurring in the fortune of the hero

Question 4

Aristotle discusses the theory of Tragedy in:

Accepted Answer

A) Art Poetique 
B) Poetics 
C) Rhetoric 
D) Ars Poetica

Question 5

Which school of critics rekindled an interest in Aristotle in the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

A) Yale schoo 
B) Chicago school 
C) Frankfurt school 
D) Annals school

Exam 1: Theoretical Concepts in Classical Literature and Criticism

In the poetics, the change in the fortunes of the hero is known as...

Who said "Tragedy imitates men as better, and comedy as worse than they really are."

What is the meaning of the Term Peripeteia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy?

Aristotle discusses the theory of Tragedy in:

Which school of critics rekindled an interest in Aristotle in the 20th century?