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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. Besides goodness itself, what else did Aristotle indicate a political orator must deal with?
(a) Its origin.
(b) Its destination.
(c) Its degree.
(d) Its substance.

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 has never committed a crime.
(c) Someone that has already committed a crime and has been caught, but not convicted.
(d) Someone that was unaware of the punishment for committing a crime.

3. What did Aristotle think was the intent of all voluntary actions?
(a) Some apparent good, recognition, or pleasure.
(b) Some apparent recognition or pleasure.
(c) Some apparent good or recognition.
(d) Some apparent good or pleasure.

4. Which tactic was not included as something that an epideictic rhetorician might use?
(a) Competition.
(b) Amplification.
(c) Exaggeration.
(d) Comparison.

5. What knowledge did Aristotle think was required by political rhetoric?
(a) At least one form of government.
(b) At least two forms of government.
(c) Various forms of government.
(d) The most effective forms of government.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of resources available to the government did Aristotle mention in Book I, Chapter 4?

2. What type of argumentation did Aristotle think the dialectic should be associated with?

3. Why was a refutative enthymeme considered to be more effective by Aristotle?

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

5. Which type(s) of happiness was Aristotle referring to in Book I, Chapter 5?

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