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Part A · Brief Questions — An Apology for Poetry

Sir Philip Sidney

12 questions · 🔥 marks repeated ones · ⭐ marks the most important ones ·

Part A · Brief Questions12Part B · Short Questions10Part C · Broad Questions12

Part A · Brief Questions12 questions

Part A · Brief Questions12

A1
How does Sidney prove that poets are not liars?
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A2
What according to Sidney, is the aim of poetry?
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A3
Who is Stephen Gosson?
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A4
What is Sydney's notion about tragi-comedy?
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A5
How does Sydney differentiate between 'laughter' and 'delight'?
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A6
What, according to Sir Philip Sidney, is the basic difference between laughter and delight?
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A7
How many kinds of poetry does Sidney mention in his An Apology for Poetry?
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A8
How does poetry differ from history?
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A9
To whom does Sidney compare the haters of poetry?
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A10
What is 'Gorboduc'?
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A11
What fault does Sidney find in contemporary English comedy?
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A12
What is 'Arcadia'?
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