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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 4-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Aristotle think the political orator should be able to speak about the good?
(a) Extensively.
(b) Knowledgeably.
(c) Briefly.
(d) Candidly.

2. As discussed by Aristotle, how many modes of persuasion did rhetoric use?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

3. According to Aristotle, how could a person defend their position in the future when they discovered the truth of a question?
(a) More forcefully.
(b) More precisely.
(c) Less precisely.
(d) Less forcefully.

4. What did Aristotle think a political orator should be aware of?
(a) Their country's imports and exports.
(b) Only their country's exports.
(c) Neither their country's imports nor its exports.
(d) Only their country's imports.

5. Based on the information in Book I, Chapter1, for which side(s) of a question could rhetoric allow a person to make good cases?
(a) The side that the person agreed with.
(b) The side that the person disagreed with.
(c) Neither side.
(d) Both sides.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aristotle think a political orator should convince an audience of their plan?

2. What was the difference between rhetoric and dialectic in the logical appeal?

3. In comparison to the other appeals, how much did Aristotle think that rhetoric resembled the dialectic in the logical appeal?

4. Besides goodness itself, what else did Aristotle indicate a political orator must deal with?

5. What did Aristotle say was the chief concern of political rhetoric?

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