WorksheetsAristotle Poetics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Aristotle belongs too
England
Greece
Rome
Italy
What is Mimesis?
Imitation
Irritation
Inspiration
Illusion
Aristotle's Poetics is divided into (a) chapters
What is Hamartia?
Heroic Deed
Nobility
Tragic Flaw
Fate
Choose the term which is used by Aristotle for "recognition" or " discovery" in a tragedy.
Anagnorisis
Peripeteia
Hamartia
Mimesis
What is the purging of pity and fear by the witnessing of pity and fear called?
Schadenfreude
Ethos
Pathos
Catharsis
Which of the following is NOT one of Aristotle's Elements of Tragedy?
Plot
Scenery
Character
Thought
True or False: The "Thought" refers to how much time the audience spends thinking about the play.
True
False
Diction (as an element of tragedy) refers to...
The ability of actors to be understood
The definition of the words in the play
The volume of a play's actors
The use of language in the play
Music (as an element of tragedy)...
Can be "actual" music or the flow of language
Only counts when the characters perform live
Is usually played by hidden instrumentalists
Is only seen in Ancient Greek musical theatre
