Question

1. What type of character did Aristotle examine in The Poetics?

A. The protagonist
B. The tragic hero
C. The comic foil
D. The antagonist

2. What is one way in which dramatic irony is used in a piece of literature?

A. By having a difference between what is expected and what actually happens
B. By explaining the underlying reason a tragic hero causes a tragedy to happen
C. By letting the reader or audience know something that the characters do not
D. By having a character say one thing when he or she actually means the opposite

Answer 1

1) D
He himself was the protagonist so he examined the antagonist. 

2) D
This is coherent with the basic definition of irony.