A. Ethics
B. Metaphysics
C. Rhetoric
D. Ars Poetica
Related Mcqs:
- Aristotle’s critical work is entitled_______________?
A. Ars Poetica
B. Poetics
C. De Arte Poetica
D. Art Poetique - “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?
A. Samson Occcum
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Mayflower Compact - What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the author’s life ?
A. Historical/Biographical Approach
B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach
C. Formalism
D. Psychological Approach - Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve went out to work. What did their work consist of ?
A. Hunting and gathering food
B. Tending to the Garden of Eden
C. Building shelter to live in
D. Naming all God’s creatures and plants - What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene ?
A. pastoral work
B. religious work
C. allegorical work
D. natural work - Which of the following statements is a proper example of what Aristotle termed a syllogism ?
A. All dogs have four legs, all creatures do not have four legs, hence all creatures with four legs are dogs.
B. All men breathe air, all dogs breathe air, hence all men are dogs.
C. All mammals are warm-blooded, all dogs are mammals, hence all dogs are warm-blooded.
D. All dogs have hair, all people have hair, hence anything with hair is a dog or a person. - Which of the following concepts does Aristotle consider to be the most important element of a Greek tragedy ?
A. Plot
B. Poetic diction
C. Song composition
D. Stage design - According to Aristotle the unravelling of the plot_____________?
A. Should arise from the circumstances of the plot itself
B. By supernatural machinery
C. By narration
D. By the choral odes - Plato equated poetry with painting, and Aristotle equated it with_______________?
A. drama
B. music
C. dance
D. none - How does literary theory resemble the practice of philosophy as it was developed by Plato and Aristotle ?
A. Literary theory engages with theoretical rather than real-world issues.
B. Literary theory asks fundamental questions about literary interpretation, and at the same time builds specific systems of literary interpretation.
C. Literary theory relies totally on speculation rather than history.
D. All of the above answers are correct.
