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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. Using an example of the similarities or differences between parents and their children, how did Aristotle describe Socrates' children?
(a) Rational.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Foolish.

2. What did the paean avoid in order to gain Aristotle's endorsement as the ideal rhythm for prose?
(a) An uncommon meter.
(b) An indefinite meter.
(c) A definite meter.
(d) A common meter.

3. How did Aristotle describe vivid speech?
(a) Very effective.
(b) Very exciting.
(c) Somewhat exciting.
(d) Somewhat effective.

4. Based on Aristotle's discussion of objections, what would be the purpose in making a similar appeal to an argument?
(a) To overshadow it.
(b) To contradict it.
(c) To simplify it.
(d) To complicate it.

5. How many common mistakes did Aristotle indicate were made in prose?
(a) Three.
(b) Too many to list.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 2, which type of words should a speech writer use?

2. How often did Aristotle think complex words should be used in a speech?

3. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 4, in his discussion of what differentiated a simile from a metaphor?

4. What did Aristotle indicate was the result of using complex, foreign words?

5. What did Aristotle think a high value of life in older people led to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Aristotle define the application of vivid descriptions in rhetoric?

2. Based on the information in Book III, Chapter 10, which ideas could a metaphor help to deliver and why?

3. How might the antithesis sayings emphasize a particular point?

4. What would the a fortiori argument refer to in rhetoric?

5. How did Aristotle explain the different kinds of arguments used by the three types of rhetoric in Book II, Chapter 18?

6. What were some of the characteristics of a refutative enthymeme?

7. In Aristotle's opinion, why were non-logical ways necessary to convince certain audiences of a sound argument?

8. How did Aristotle define a maxim?

9. Why might an enthymeme have been more effective with a surprising conclusion?

10. What were the four ways that Aristotle listed about how objections could be raised?

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