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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 was included in the special laws referenced by Aristotle?
(a) All of the explicit statutes of a political body.
(b) Some of the explicit statutes of a political body.
(c) Some of the logical opinions of a political body.
(d) All of the logical opinions of a political body.

2. In Aristotle's opinion, which things did a criminal consider when choosing their victim?
(a) Vulnerability and convenience.
(b) Vulnerability and value.
(c) Value and convenience.
(d) Vulnerability, value, and convenience.

3. Which one of the following could be an example of the emotional appeal?
(a) Making the audience tired of listening to the speech.
(b) Making the audience doubt their own point of view.
(c) Making the audience think about a different point of view.
(d) Making the audience angry to fight a war.

4. As explained by Aristotle in Book I, Chapter 10, what was the concern of the legal rhetorician?
(a) Neither proving nor disproving wrongdoing.
(b) Either proving or disproving wrongdoing.
(c) Only disproving wrongdoing.
(d) Only proving wrongdoing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained in Book II, Chapter 4, what type of friends were people most likely to choose?

2. Which kind of distinction was made by Aristotle between war and peace, and national defense?

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

4. Besides goodness itself, what else did Aristotle indicate a political orator must deal with?

5. In what type of person did Aristotle explain there was an especially strong temptation to commit crimes?

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