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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different subjects of political oratory did Aristotle discuss in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle as a cause for the feeling of calmness?
(a) When someone does not associate with anyone.
(b) When someone has helped a person.
(c) When someone has been wronged in an unintentional way.
(d) When someone is not known well by a person.

3. Who did Aristotle think calmness was felt towards?
(a) Those who a person understood.
(b) Those who a person did not feel sympathy for.
(c) Those who a person did not feel injustice against.
(d) Those who a person felt sorry for.

4. What was the difference between rhetoric and dialectic in the logical appeal?
(a) The timing of the argument.
(b) The methods used.
(c) The length of the speech.
(d) There was no difference between them.

5. What did Aristotle think anger was always directed towards?
(a) A specific person or group, or a specific circumstance.
(b) A group of people.
(c) A specific circumstance.
(d) A specific person.

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained in Book I, Chapter 10, what did the general law refer to?

2. As explained in Book I, Chapter 14, which things should be considered when deciding the unjustness of an action?

3. As explained by Aristotle in Book I, Chapter 10, what was the concern of the legal rhetorician?

4. According to Aristotle, how could a person defend their position in the future when they discovered the truth of a question?

5. When did Aristotle think "what is good" made one happy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What benefits might ancient witnesses and recent witnesses have for legal rhetoric?

2. What was Aristotle's explanation of fear and confidence?

3. How was justice described by Aristotle and why was virtue a significant part of rhetoric?

4. How was dialectic defined and what was its connection to rhetoric?

5. In what way were contracts used by a legal rhetorician?

6. Which tactics did Aristotle indicate a epideictic rhetorician could use?

7. What was the logical appeal that Aristotle referred to and when would it be used?

8. What distinction did Aristotle make between war and peace and national defense as subjects of political oratory?

9. What were some of the aspects of anger and calmness that Aristotle discussed in the book?

10. In what ways might indignation be considered the opposite of pity, and how did it differ from envy or emulation?

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