Question 1

In Greek drama, the hero iscalled------

Accepted Answer

A)  theprotagonist
B)  a foil
C)  aconfidant
D)  none ofthese. A

Question 2

A character who serves as the mouth piece of the playwright iscalled--------

Accepted Answer

A)  raisonneur
B)  confidant
C)  stockcharacter
D)  foil. A

Question 3

The term used by Aristotle to mean "reversal of situations" in a tragedy.

Accepted Answer

A)  hamartia
B)  anagnorisis
C)  catharsis
D)  peripetia D

Question 4

The term anagnorisis means----------

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition
B)  reversal
C)  both"a'and"b"
D)  neither"a" nor"b"

Question 5

The term peripetiameans----------

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition
B)  reversal
C)  both"a'and"b"
D)  neither"a" nor"b"

Question 6

Plato was the most celebrated disciple of-----

Accepted Answer

A)  socrates
B)  aristotle
C)  aristophanes
D)  none of theabove

Question 7

Art, according to ---------is twice removed fromreality

Accepted Answer

A)  plato
B)  aristotle
C)  longinus
D)  francisbacon

Question 8

The English equivalent of the term "hamartia"

Accepted Answer

A)  tragedy
B)  tragic flaw
C)  tragic hero
D)  tragic mistake

Question 9

---------is someone in whom the central characterconfides

Accepted Answer

A)  theprotagonist
B)  a foil
C)  aconfidant
D)  none ofthese.

Question 10

According to Aristotle, tragedy was born from ------

Accepted Answer

A)  comedy
B)  satire
C)  the nobler actions of good men
D)  the mean actions of bad men.

Question 11

In tragedy, the emotions of pity and fear are aroused with a view to-------

Accepted Answer

A)  hamartia
B)  anagnorisis
C)  catharsis
D)  peripetia

Question 12

---------arouses the emotions of pity andfear

Accepted Answer

A)  tragedy
B)  comedy
C)  epic
D)  revengeplay

Question 13

Who is the author of the book"Poetics"

Accepted Answer

A)  aristotle
B)  aristophanes
C)  plato
D)  socrates

Question 14

Purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is referred toas------

Accepted Answer

A)  hamartia
B)  anagnorisis
C)  catharsis
D)  peripetia

Question 15

Who said "the productions of art helped neither to mould character nor to promote thewell-being of thestate"

Accepted Answer

A)  plato
B)  aristotle
C)  longinus
D)  francisbacon

Question 16

The term used by Aristotle to mean tragic flaw is----

Accepted Answer

A)  hamartia
B)  anagnorisis
C)  catharsis
D)  peripetia.

Question 17

The author of Illiad.

Accepted Answer

A)  homer
B)  aristotle
C)  virgil
D)  dante

Question 18

The term -------- is applied to the falling action in atragedy

Accepted Answer

A)  catastrophe
B)  catharsis
C)  crisis
D)  none ofthese

Question 19

Which among the following books contains Plato'sideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  poetics
B)  thenewatlantis
C)  on thesublime
D)  republic

Question 20

Aristotle classified plot into simple and complex plot on the basis of ------

Accepted Answer

A)  hamartia & catharsis
B)  anagnoris&peripetia
C)  sublimity & decorum
D)  all the above.

Exam 2: Greek Drama and Philosophy: Terms and Concepts