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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. What did Aristotle think the extent of virtues was based on?
(a) Certain circumstances.
(b) Certain accomplishments.
(c) Past actions.
(d) Past associations.

2. In what type of person did Aristotle explain there was an especially strong temptation to commit crimes?
(a) Someone that has already committed a crime, but has not been caught.
(b) Someone that was unaware of the punishment for committing a crime.
(c) Someone that has never committed a crime.
(d) Someone that has already committed a crime and has been caught, but not convicted.

3. Besides proof with explicit premises, what was included in Aristotle's definition of syllogism?
(a) Multiple examples.
(b) A conclusion.
(c) An introduction.
(d) An example.

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

5. Which one of the following assessments did Aristotle use to support his analysis in Book I, Chapter 7?
(a) Some things are different than others.
(b) Some things are not better than others.
(c) Some things are similar to others.
(d) Some things are better than others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What knowledge did Aristotle think was required by political rhetoric?

2. What about the past did Aristotle say that a legal orator was concerned with proving?

3. What explanation of justice did Aristotle provide?

4. How did Aristotle define democracy in Book 2, Chapter 8?

5. To Aristotle, when did anger take place?

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