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

2. As explained in Book I, Chapter 14, which things should be considered when deciding the unjustness of an action?
(a) Past crimes, associations, and intentions.
(b) Associations and intentions.
(c) Past crimes and the intentions.
(d) Past crimes and associations.

3. According to Aristotle, what act should the political rhetorician be concerned with?
(a) The act of ratification.
(b) The act of rejection.
(c) The act of legislation.
(d) The act of limitation.

4. What about the past did Aristotle say that a legal orator was concerned with proving?
(a) Facts.
(b) Doubts.
(c) Opinions.
(d) Actions.

5. Which one of the following was not listed by Aristotle as a form of happiness?
(a) Popularity.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Reputation.
(d) Honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Aristotle think must obey the general law?

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

3. How many non-technical means of persuasion did Aristotle discuss in Book I, Chapter 15?

4. Using an example of the similarities or differences between parents and their children, how did Aristotle describe Socrates' children?

5. Which tactic was not included as something that an epideictic rhetorician might use?

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