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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 12-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Aristotle explain the binding extent of contracts?
(a) Only between two individuals.
(b) Only between two individuals or the courts and an individual.
(c) Only between the courts and an individual.
(d) They were not binding.

2. How did Aristotle think the speaker should present themselves to the audience?
(a) In a way that inspired trust.
(b) In a way that inspired knowledge.
(c) In a way that appeared to be above the audience.
(d) In a way that appeared to be on the same level as the audience.

3. How did Aristotle think a political orator should convince an audience of their plan?
(a) By showing that it was better than all other options.
(b) By showing that it was better than most other options.
(c) By showing that it was just as good as most other options.
(d) By showing that it was just as good as all other options.

4. What did Aristotle say could not be considered good?
(a) Something that is supplemental to something else.
(b) Something that is relied upon by something else.
(c) Something that is dependent on something else.
(d) Something that is instrumental to something else.

5. Which cause of human action did Aristotle mention as always being unpleasant?
(a) Appetite.
(b) Habit.
(c) Anger.
(d) Compulsion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many causes of human action did Aristotle detail in Book I, Chapter 10?

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