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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. In order for an enthymeme to be successful, what recommendation did Aristotle have about its conclusion?
(a) It should be long.
(b) It should be short.
(c) It should not be obvious.
(d) It should be obvious.

2. Concerning the elicitation of the praise or blame of an audience, what was epideictic rhetoric also called by Aristotle?
(a) Responsible.
(b) Unceremonial.
(c) Irresponsible.
(d) Ceremonial.

3. As explained in Book II, Chapter 4, what type of friends were people most likely to choose?
(a) Ones that associated with people different from them.
(b) Ones that had a different social or economic status.
(c) Ones that associated with the same people as them.
(d) Ones that had a similar social or economic status.

4. In order to object to an argument using Aristotle's explanations, how might it be attacked?
(a) Humorously.
(b) Scientifically.
(c) Rationally.
(d) Directly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aristotle think the speaker should present themselves to the audience?

2. How did Aristotle define a maxim?

3. How many different subjects of political oratory did Aristotle discuss in Book I, Chapter 4?

4. To Aristotle, when did anger take place?

5. According to Aristotle, how did people in their prime view success?

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