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  1. Question
    Three of these lines about the ideal tragic hero are false.
    Choices
    1. Item
      A man not eminently good and just
      Correct
      Yes
    2. Explanation
      The fall of the wholly good is shocking rather than tragic.
      Item
      A wholly virtuous man brought down
    3. Explanation
      The wholly wicked man cannot arouse pity or fear.
      Item
      A thoroughly wicked man punished
    4. Explanation
      The fall comes from an error or frailty, not from vice.
      Item
      A man ruined by vice and depravity
  2. Question
    Three of these rankings of the parts of tragedy are false.
    Choices
    1. Item
      Plot first, then Character
      Correct
      Yes
    2. Explanation
      Plot is the first principle; Character holds second place.
      Item
      Character first, then Plot
    3. Explanation
      Diction stands third, behind Plot and Character.
      Item
      Diction first, then Thought
    4. Explanation
      Song and Spectacle close the list of six parts.
      Item
      Song first, then Spectacle
Instructions
Tap the three wrong lines in each set about Aristotle on tragedy, leaving the true one.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1974 — Aristotle's Poetics — "whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty"_

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