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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. Which tactic was not included as something that an epideictic rhetorician might use?
(a) Exaggeration.
(b) Amplification.
(c) Competition.
(d) Comparison.

2. Considering Aristotle's views in Book I, Chapter 2, how would the emotional appeal move an audience?
(a) Through their feelings and reason.
(b) Through neither their feelings or reason.
(c) Through their feelings, not reason.
(d) Through reason, not their feelings.

3. In the beginning of the book, which one of the following did Aristotle indicate about rhetoric?
(a) It was an art.
(b) It was a science.
(c) It was neither an art nor a science.
(d) It was an art and a science.

4. Besides goodness itself, what else did Aristotle indicate a political orator must deal with?
(a) Its destination.
(b) Its substance.
(c) Its degree.
(d) Its origin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained by Aristotle, what comprised good?

2. Which one of the following could be an example of the emotional appeal?

3. What type of resources available to the government did Aristotle mention in Book I, Chapter 4?

4. What did Aristotle think a political orator should be aware of?

5. According to Aristotle in Book I, Chapter 1, what was not a concern of rhetoric?

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