1. What story does Sidney tell to introduce his defense of poetry and the poet?
2. How does Sidney define the word "poet"? What type of authority does he present for his case?
3. How is the poet god-like?
4. According to Sidney, what is mimesis and what is its goal?
5. What are the three types of poets and what kinds of poetry do they write?
6. How does poetry excel over both history and philosophy?
7. How does Sidney refute the puritan accusation that poetry is full of lies?
8. When Sidney criticizes Elizabethan poetry, what does he single out especially?