Knock out the false tragedy lines

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

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.

Explanation