21. According to Aristotle, the universal forms:
A. don't actually exist.
B. are embodied all around us in the things of the world of space and time.
C. exist in an independent transcendent reality.
D. were a fiction created by Plato.
E. None of the above
22. According to whom does knowledge consist of a rational understanding of the realm of universal forms?
A. Kant
B. Aristotle
C. Danto
D. Marcuse
E. Plato
23. Aristotle holds that we can attain true knowledge only by:
A. catharsis.
B. grasping the transcendent Forms through reason.
C. purging ourselves of all harmful passions.
D. coming to know the Forms by studying their particular instances.
E. None of the above
24. The experience of catharsis is the:
A. arousal of powerful feelings we did not previously possess.
B. purging of powerful emotions that were already present in us.
C. harmful experience of fear and pity.
D. replacement of fear and pity with hope and affection.
E. healthful suppression of fear and pity.
25. According to Aristotle, the distinction between an historian and a poet is:
A. the former writes in prose, while the latter writes in verse.
B. poetry speaks of universals, while history speaks of particulars.
C. poetry appeals to the emotions, while history appeals to the reason.
D. history describes what might have been, while poetry describes what might be.
E. Both B and D
26. Aristotle tells us that the plot of a good tragedy:
A. should be simple.
B. must imitate actions arousing fear and pity.
C. involves a good man passing from happiness to misery.
D. Both A and C
E. All of the above
27. A tragedy, according to Aristotle, should involve a:
A. virtuous and just person who is destroyed by an error in judgment.
B. not particularly virtuous person who is destroyed by vice and depravity.
C. virtuous person destroyed by simple bad luck.
D. not particularly virtuous person destroyed by an error in judgment.
E. virtuous person destroyed by vice and depravity.
28. The benefit of a tragedy, according to Aristotle, is to:
A. purge the audience of unrealistic expectations.
B. purge the audience of harmful emotions.
C. put the audience's own troubles in proper perspective.
D. arouse in the audience the emotions of joy and relief.
E. allow members of the audience to understand the suffering of others.
29. The pleasure of a tragedy, according to Aristotle, is:
A. the experience of pity and fear.
B. to learn to identify with the protagonist.
C. to return to the lesser troubles of real life.
D. to feel relief that one is not in the same position as the protagonist of the tragedy.
E. Aristotle believes that the benefit of tragedy comes from the fact that they
contain no pleasures.
30. In his article, "The Artworld," Danto discusses Socrates' description of art as being like a mirror of nature or reality. Danto concludes that to the extent that art is mirrorlike, it can carry out the function of
A. revealing us to ourselves.
B. replacing reality.
C. producing surplus repression.
D. making art equal to science.
E. making artists into cultural heroes.
A. don't actually exist.
B. are embodied all around us in the things of the world of space and time.
C. exist in an independent transcendent reality.
D. were a fiction created by Plato.
E. None of the above
22. According to whom does knowledge consist of a rational understanding of the realm of universal forms?
A. Kant
B. Aristotle
C. Danto
D. Marcuse
E. Plato
23. Aristotle holds that we can attain true knowledge only by:
A. catharsis.
B. grasping the transcendent Forms through reason.
C. purging ourselves of all harmful passions.
D. coming to know the Forms by studying their particular instances.
E. None of the above
24. The experience of catharsis is the:
A. arousal of powerful feelings we did not previously possess.
B. purging of powerful emotions that were already present in us.
C. harmful experience of fear and pity.
D. replacement of fear and pity with hope and affection.
E. healthful suppression of fear and pity.
25. According to Aristotle, the distinction between an historian and a poet is:
A. the former writes in prose, while the latter writes in verse.
B. poetry speaks of universals, while history speaks of particulars.
C. poetry appeals to the emotions, while history appeals to the reason.
D. history describes what might have been, while poetry describes what might be.
E. Both B and D
26. Aristotle tells us that the plot of a good tragedy:
A. should be simple.
B. must imitate actions arousing fear and pity.
C. involves a good man passing from happiness to misery.
D. Both A and C
E. All of the above
27. A tragedy, according to Aristotle, should involve a:
A. virtuous and just person who is destroyed by an error in judgment.
B. not particularly virtuous person who is destroyed by vice and depravity.
C. virtuous person destroyed by simple bad luck.
D. not particularly virtuous person destroyed by an error in judgment.
E. virtuous person destroyed by vice and depravity.
28. The benefit of a tragedy, according to Aristotle, is to:
A. purge the audience of unrealistic expectations.
B. purge the audience of harmful emotions.
C. put the audience's own troubles in proper perspective.
D. arouse in the audience the emotions of joy and relief.
E. allow members of the audience to understand the suffering of others.
29. The pleasure of a tragedy, according to Aristotle, is:
A. the experience of pity and fear.
B. to learn to identify with the protagonist.
C. to return to the lesser troubles of real life.
D. to feel relief that one is not in the same position as the protagonist of the tragedy.
E. Aristotle believes that the benefit of tragedy comes from the fact that they
contain no pleasures.
30. In his article, "The Artworld," Danto discusses Socrates' description of art as being like a mirror of nature or reality. Danto concludes that to the extent that art is mirrorlike, it can carry out the function of
A. revealing us to ourselves.
B. replacing reality.
C. producing surplus repression.
D. making art equal to science.
E. making artists into cultural heroes.
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