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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 10-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In comparison to the other appeals, how much did Aristotle think that rhetoric resembled the dialectic in the logical appeal?
(a) Rhetoric most closely resembled dialectic in the logical appeal.
(b) Rhetoric resembled dialectic the least in the logical appeal.
(c) Rhetoric resembled dialectic the same in the logical appeal.
(d) Rhetoric resembled dialectic exactly in the logical appeal.

2. With the ethical appeal, what would the speaker be attempting to convey to the audience?
(a) Their own experiences or authority.
(b) Their own virtue or authority.
(c) Their own virtue or experiences.
(d) Their own virtue, experiences, or authority.

3. How did Aristotle differentiate between crime and punishment?
(a) Crime and punishment were immediate.
(b) Crime was immediate while punishment was remote.
(c) Crime and punishment were remote.
(d) Crime was remote while punishment was immediate.

4. Why might a speaker use the ethical appeal?
(a) To make their claims more complicated.
(b) To make their claims more credible.
(c) To make their claims easier to repeat.
(d) To make their claims easier to understand.

5. How many different subjects of political oratory did Aristotle discuss in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained by Aristotle in Book I, Chapter 10, what was the concern of the legal rhetorician?

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

3. How did Aristotle define that which is unpleasant?

4. What did Aristotle say could not be considered good?

5. As Aristotle explained, in which situations would rhetoric be useful?

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