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| Aristotle's Poetics in Oedipus Rex/Odyssey |
mirak |
05/01/07 |
Hi there!
My name is Mirak and I am an English student. I am recently given an assignment with 22 multiple choice questions and I need to double check my answers. Here are the questions, and I will post my answers in a clarification. My Literature skills is very poor so please excuse me if I happen to get many of them wrong. My teacher told me that I must find somebody to look through my answers, but as you understand it is very hard for me to find someone in real person, so I hope you can help me out!
The assignment is 2-parts. The first part is about Aristotle's Poetics and how it is used in Oedipus Rex. The second part is about the Odyssey, and is unrelated to Poetics.
Poetics and Oedipus-
1. According to what you know of what Aristotle said about well designed plays in the Poetics, which of the following best describes how he would most likely feel about the situation in Sophocles' Oedipus the King? In this question consider only the character traits of the main character.
A) An excellent example - he would think the situation in the play was ideal, according to what he believed made plays effective.
B) A good example - he would think the situation was good, but he would have some minor reservations.
C) A weak example - the situation would not be expected to have a good effect upon the audience, although it does have some merit.
D) A very poor example - this is not a good situation at all. The audience would not react well to it.
2. According to what you know of what Aristotle said about well designed plays in the Poetics, which of the following best describes how he would most likely feel about the situation in Sophocles' Oedipus the King? In this question consider only the kind of flaw Oedipus exhibited in his character.
A) An excellent example
B) A good example
C) A weak example
D) A poor example
3. According to what you know of what Aristotle said about well-designed plays in the Poetics, which of the following best describes how he would most likely feel about the situation in Sophocles' Oedipus the King? In this question consider only the nature of the reversal of fortune in the play.
A) An excellent example
B) A good example
C) A weak example
D) A poor example
4. According to what you know of what Aristotle said about well designed plays in the Poetics, which of the following best describes how he would most likely feel about the situation in Sophocles' Oedipus the King? In this question consider only the recognition in the play.
A) An excellent example
B) A good example
C) A weak example
D) A poor example
5. According to what you know of what Aristotle said about well designed plays in the Poetics, which of the following best describes how he would most likely feel about the situation in Sophocles' Oedipus the King? In this question consider only the unity of time.
A) An excellent example
B) A good example
C) A weak example
D) A poor example
6. According to what you know of what Aristotle said about well designed plays in the Poetics, which of the following best describes how he would most likely feel about the situation in Sophocles' Oedipus the King? In this question consider only the unity of place.
A) An excellent example
B) A good example
C) A weak example
D) A poor example
7. According to what you know of what Aristotle said about well designed plays in the Poetics, which of the following best describes how he would most likely feel about the situation in Sophocles' Oedipus the King? In this question consider only the unity of action, or plot.
A) An excellent example
B) A good example
C) A weak example
D) A poor example
Odyssey-
8. Which of the following best describes the actions of Athena during the Odyssey?
A) She disguises herself as a mortal to suggest wise courses of action.
B) She jealously avenges wrongs done to her by dispensing ironic justice to the wrongdoers.
C) She uses her feminine charms to get what she wants from others.
D) She continually places obstacles in the path of Odysseus to test his abilities.
9.How does Telemachus try to deal with the people who are overrunning his father's home?
A) He begs them to leave.
B) He calls for a council of prominent people in the village so that they will tell them to leave.
C) He brings out his father's bow and threatens them.
D) He is afraid to act alone, so he does nothing.
10. Why was Odysseus on the island of Calypso?
A) He had landed earlier and fallen in love with Calypso and decided to stay.
B) He had eaten from a drugged flower and had lost his senses.
C) He was shipwrecked there, and Calypso had kept him to be her lover.
D) He was hiding from the Phaiacians, who were seeking to kill him because he looted one of their cities.
11. When Odysseus finally lands upon the island of the Phaiacians, what happens which leads him to come out of disguise and reveal his true identity?
A) Athena vows to protect him and tells him he can live in secrecy no longer.
B) He is recognized by the singer who tells the story of the battle at Troy.
C) The Phaiacians promise not to harm him after all.
D) The king asks his name after he sees him crying during the minstrel's song.
12. Which of the following best describes the earliest stages in the long journey of Odysseus?
A) They loot a series of cities, taking away much treasure.
B) Odysseus' men frequently disobey him, and they have a series of mishaps as a result.
C) Because of the continual interference of Poseidon, they never reach their destination.
D) The defenders of the Ciconian shoreline follow them continually, staging repeated attacks.
13.Which best describes their escape from the island of the Cyclopes?
A) Odysseus uses a clever trick to fool his enemy and enable them to escape.
B) Odysseus maintains strength and valor after his men lose theirs.
C) Hermes Argeiphontes provides a magic potion to enable them to escape the Cyclops.
D) In a ferocious battle, Odysseus and his men slay the Cyclops, thrusting a great spear into its eye.
14. What happens to Odysseus' men when they encounter Circe?
A) She eats them, two at a time.
B) She lures them into her cave, where she provides them with a drugged flower that makes them want to stay forever.
C) She sets her army upon their ships, and great boulders are hurled down from the tops of the cliffs that surround the harbor. Odysseus and one ship manage to escape unharmed.
D) She turns them into pigs.
15. When Odysseus is told he must visit the underworld for advice, whom must he specifically see?
A) Agamemnon
B) Oedipus
C) Mephistophilis
D) Teiresias
16. What does Odysseus do to protect his men from the danger of the Sirens?
A) He plugs up their ears.
B) He hides them beneath the planking of the deck.
C) He ties them beneath large sheep.
D) He stands between them and the Sirens, keeping his sword held high.
17.What does Odysseus do when the monster Scylla snatches six men from his ship?
A) He slashes off the six arms with his sword so that his men can escape.
B) He leaps onto the rock and thrusts his sword into her soft underbelly.
C) He sails on, leaving them to die without making any effort to help them.
D) He calls upon Athena for help.
18. What error in judgment do his men make on the island of the Sun?
A) They lie out on the beach too long.
B) They defile the temple of the sun.
C) They eat the sacred cattle.
D) They remain out of their shelters after it is dark.
19. When Odysseus finally returns home, what does he do?
A) He sneaks in quietly at night so that he may observe the situation.
B) He challenges the suitors to a test of strength, using his old bow.
C) He comes disguised as an old beggar.
D) He secretly tells his wife he has returned, so that he can have her help.
20. What does Odysseus do after winning the contest of the bow?
A) He kills all of the suitors; has the women clean up the bodies; hangs the faithless women; cuts off the ears, nose, genitals, hands, and feet of the goatherd and throws them to the dogs; and has the house purged with burning sulphur.
B) He demands that the suitors leave immediately and return with payment three times the amount of all they had taken during the years they had been looting his home.
C) He signals the Phaiacian army, which has been awaiting the proper moment. They enter and destroy the suitors. Unfortunately, the house itself catches fire and burns. Odysseus refuses to have the fire extinguished, though, saying it will serve as a purifying fire to destroy the sinful bodies of the suitors.
D) He accepts their apologies and shows them the meaning of true mercy and true civilization by allowing them to leave unharmed. This powerful contrast to their intention of ambushing him and killing him shows them their own barbarity and marks the dawn of civilization.
21. What final ordeal must Odysseus face?
A) In his absence, Ithaca has become anarchical, and he must quell a series of rebellions to reestablish his rule.
B) Having been married only a few years before leaving for Troy, and having been gone 20 years, Odysseus finds that his wife's feelings for him have dimmed, and he must re-ignite the fire of their love.
C) Odysseus must convince Ithaca that their old lifestyle, based on constant sea raids and warfare, is no longer the way they will live. He seeks to establish an economy (oikos) based upon the concepts of international trade which he has developed over the length of his journeys.
D) The families of the suitors are not amused and seek revenge.
22. How is the final ordeal resolved?
A) Odysseus and his family destroy their enemies in battle.
B) The gods decide that Odysseus's actions were justified, so Athena steps in and makes peace.
C) Poseiden repents for his vendetta against Odysseus and halts further actions against him.
D) The families meet in assembly and agree to make peace. |
Clarification/Follow-up by mirak on 05/01/07 7:16 am:
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. c
13. D
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. C
19. C
20. A
21. D
22. A
Note: I understand this may seem like you're doing the work for me, but really I took time out to do them and I would just like my answers to be checked. I hope this is alright with you because I would be embarassed if I just asked somebody to do them for me without trying it myself as that would be cheating.
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