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1. Plato is an idealist. If Plato were to live today, he would be a perfectionist.
He doesn’t
want poetry, arts because he believes that it just made people be very creative to the
point that they become hysterical. He said that poetry should be removed/banned.
2. It is an anthropological constant deeply engraved in every human being.
ANSWER: MIMESIS or IMMITATION
3. What did Aristotle consider beneficial, constructive, healthy and desirable?
ANSWER: CATHARSIS
4. Release emotions pity and fear particular tragedy is perfectly constructed.
ANSWER: OEDIPUS THE KING
5. Two crucial characteristics of Greek Tragedy are:
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ANSWER: CHORUS AND OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DIVINE
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6. Which is not true about the Aristotle’s Poetics?
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ANSWER: Tragedy cannot come into its own by reading alone
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Epic poetry could be read alone.

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7. Which is the superior form of poetry for Aristotle?

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ANSWER: TRAGEDY
8. Tragedy surpasses epic by virtue of:

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ANSWER: It’s more compressed format

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9. The most interesting moments in the poetics:
ANSWER: DETHRONING OF HOMER

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10.Aristotle says that tragedy is a representation of an action that is ______.

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ANSWER: SERIOUS
11.Plato viewed poetry as wicked and bad because it was removed from reality and
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encouraged people to be uncontrolled.
ANSWER: TRUE
12.Which is not credited to Sophocles?
ANSWER: The influenced of the Sophists on his plays.
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13.Sophocles’ Electra and the other play ______ dramatizes conflict between utilitarian and
not consequential epical problems.
ANSWER: ANTIGONE
14.It was during Sophocles’ time when the actor grew in prominence
ANSWER: TRUE
15.Which is not true of the Euripides play?
ANSWER: He portrayed his characters as they ought to be.
16.Acting methods in the ancient Greek method were not realistic
ANSWER: TRUE
17.Emotions were conveyed more with action.
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ANSWER: FALSE
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18.Poetry, according to Aristotle, is more philosophical and better than history.
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ANSWER: TRUE
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19.Catharsis is the most important element of tragedy.
ANSWER: FALSE
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20.The most important element of tragedy.

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ANSWER: PLOT
21.The suffering of the protagonist is disproportionate to his culpability.

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ANSWER: TRUE
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22.The tragic hero, according to Aristotle’s Poetics, must be preeminently virtuous and just.
ANSWER: FALSE (Tragic hero is not perfect. He is a flawed character.)

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SEATWORK #1 17/20
1. Paean is performed in honor of the god
ANSWER: APOLLO
2. The idea of introducing a solo actor was credited to _____
ANSWER: THESPIS
3. Tragedy involves a ______, some kind of identifiable suffering.
ANSWER: PATHOS
4. _______ is a hymn celebrating the victory of an athlete.
ANSWER: EPINIKION
5. The first surviving tragedy of Aeschylus.
ANSWER: PERSAE
6. Tragedy’s primary musical instrument is the
ANSWER: AULOS
7. During the reign of the tyrant ________ that the art of tragedy had grown to maturity.
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ANSWER: PISISTRATUS
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8. The rhapsodic contests can be seen as leading naturally into tragedy,
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ANSWER: TRUE
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9. Plato considered poetry as wicked idea because it encouraged people to be hysterical.
ANSWER: TRUE
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10.These performances were originally ______ or religious acts offered in honor of gods or
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heroes in the hope of blessings.
ANSWER: SACRAL
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11.Euripides’ work is classified as tragedy is much closer to what we understand as comedy,

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ANSWER: ION
12.The actors themselves were funded by their patrons.

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ANSWER: FALSE
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13.Greek tragedies were primarily regarded as materials for pedagogic purposes or textual
criticism.
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ANSWER: TRUE
14.Homeric verses were held at the ______, the quadrennial festival in honor of the city’s
patron goddess Athena.
ANSWER: ATHENS
15.The dithyramb was associated particularly with the god ______
ANSWER: DIONYSUS
16._________ performance of cult poetry sung and danced by a choir to the accompaniment
of the lyre.
ANSWER: SACRAL
17.Many roles and choruses in the plays were female.
ANSWER: TRUE
18.Each poet was his own director, composer, choreographer and leading actor.
ANSWER: TRUE
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1. The part in which the Chorus entered and commented on the events presented.
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ANSWER: PARODOS
2. Acting methods in the ancient Greek method were not realistic

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ANSWER: TRUE
3. The Chorus in Aeschylus’ time numbered 15.
ANSWER: FALSE
4. The tragic poet was there to teach his fellow citizens and communicate some message.
ANSWER: TRUE
5. __________ is the factor that delimits the traffic hero’s imperfections hand keeps him on a
human plane.
ANSWER: HARMARTIA
6. The dialogue of Plato where he argued the status of tragedy as inferior.
ANSWER: LESSER HIPPIAS
7. What determines man’s qualities?
ANSWER: CHARACTER
8. The notion of the “tragic hero” who comes to grief is not applicable to many Greek
tragedies.
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ANSWER: TRUE
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9. What does Aristotle call the opening scene?
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ANSWER: PROLOGOS
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10.Poetic mimesis is imitation of things as they are like universals and ideals.
ANSWER: TRUE
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11.The conflict of the play was resolved in the stasimon.

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ANSWER: FALSE
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12.Props abounded in Greek tragedy but in comedy the texts suggest that they were used
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economically.
ANSWER: TRUE
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13.Aside from “Know yourself, what is the other Delphic maxim?

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ANSWER: NOTHING IN EXCESS
14.A man who is highly renowned and prosperous, virtuous and just is the ideal protagonist.
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ANSWER: FALSE
15.Which meter/rhythm Aristotle considered as best suited to normal speech?
ANSWER: IAMBIC
16.What theater is found on the illustration on p.803 (Portable Lecture)?
ANSWER: Grand Theater at Ephesus
17._____ and plot are the end of tragedy.
ANSWER: SONG
18.The plot is intended to illustrate individual significance.
ANSWER: TRUE
19.The tragic poet was the scriptwriter for popular entertainment.
ANSWER: TRUE
20.The parts in which the characters spoke to one another and developed the central
conflict of the play.
ANSWER: EPISODE
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traits of the character.
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ANSWER: PERSONA
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22.The purpose of action in tragedy is the representation of character.
ANSWER: TRUE
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23.On a philosophical level, the main target of the Poetics is:
(a.)The tragedians (b.)Socrates (c.) the literary critics (d.) Plato

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24.The fifth part was the ______, the last scene of the play
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ANSWER: EXODUS
25.The three tragedians approached and interpreted the gods in the same manner.
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1. Plato is an idealist. If Plato were to live today, he would be a perfectionist.

2. It is an anthropological constant deeply engraved in every human being.

ANSWER: MIMESIS or IMMITATION

3. What did Aristotle consider beneficial, constructive, healthy and desirable?

4. Release emotions pity and fear particular tragedy is perfectly constructed.

ANSWER: OEDIPUS THE KING

5. Two crucial characteristics of Greek Tragedy are:

Epic poetry could be read alone.

7. Which is the superior form of poetry for Aristotle?

8. Tragedy surpasses epic by virtue of:

ANSWER: It’s more compressed format

9. The most interesting moments in the poetics:

ANSWER: DETHRONING OF HOMER

10.Aristotle says that tragedy is a representation of an action that is ______.

encouraged people to be uncontrolled.

12.Which is not credited to Sophocles?

ANSWER: The influenced of the Sophists on his plays.

not consequential epical problems.

15.Which is not true of the Euripides play?

ANSWER: He portrayed his characters as they ought to be.

16.Acting methods in the ancient Greek method were not realistic

17.Emotions were conveyed more with action.

20.The most important element of tragedy.

21.The suffering of the protagonist is disproportionate to his culpability.

ANSWER: FALSE (Tragic hero is not perfect. He is a flawed character.)

1. Paean is performed in honor of the god

2. The idea of introducing a solo actor was credited to _____

3. Tragedy involves a ______, some kind of identifiable suffering.

4. _______ is a hymn celebrating the victory of an athlete.

5. The first surviving tragedy of Aeschylus.

6. Tragedy’s primary musical instrument is the

heroes in the hope of blessings.

11.Euripides’ work is classified as tragedy is much closer to what we understand as comedy,

12.The actors themselves were funded by their patrons.

patron goddess Athena.

17.Many roles and choruses in the plays were female.

2. Acting methods in the ancient Greek method were not realistic

3. The Chorus in Aeschylus’ time numbered 15.

6. The dialogue of Plato where he argued the status of tragedy as inferior.

ANSWER: LESSER HIPPIAS

7. What determines man’s qualities?

11.The conflict of the play was resolved in the stasimon.

13.Aside from “Know yourself, what is the other Delphic maxim?

ANSWER: NOTHING IN EXCESS

15.Which meter/rhythm Aristotle considered as best suited to normal speech?

16.What theater is found on the illustration on p.803 (Portable Lecture)?

17._____ and plot are the end of tragedy.

18.The plot is intended to illustrate individual significance.

19.The tragic poet was the scriptwriter for popular entertainment.

conflict of the play.

23.On a philosophical level, the main target of the Poetics is:

(a.)The tragedians (b.)Socrates (c.) the literary critics (d.) Plato

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