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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapter 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of examples did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 20?
(a) Hypothetical facts and invented facts.
(b) Actual facts and hypothetical facts.
(c) Actual facts and invented facts.
(d) Actual facts, hypothetical facts, and invented facts.

2. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 24, what else might a person equivocate?
(a) The meaning of words.
(b) The order of events.
(c) The use of words.
(d) The description of events.

3. According to Aristotle, what was the general difference between enthymemes and examples?
(a) Enthymemes were more persuasive than examples.
(b) Both enthymemes and examples were just as persuasive.
(c) Neither enthymemes nor examples were persuasive.
(d) Examples were more persuasive than enthymemes.

4. Included in Aristotle's definition of a rhetorician, which parts of a claim should be adapted to a situation?
(a) Speech, tone, and style.
(b) Speech and style, but not tone.
(c) Tone and style, but not speech.
(d) Speech and tone, but not style.

5. Which type of disgraces made shame especially significant in Aristotle's opinion?
(a) Financial.
(b) Collective.
(c) Moral.
(d) Individual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following examples best demonstrates Aristotle's theory of possibility in Book II, Chapter 19?

2. How did Aristotle define that which is unpleasant?

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

4. What definition did Aristotle provide for rhetoric in Book I, Chapter 2?

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

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