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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. What description of the ethical appeal was given by Aristotle?
(a) Appeal to the speaker's associations.
(b) Appeal to the speaker's character.
(c) Appeal to the speaker's past.
(d) Appeal to the speaker's intent.

2. How many forms did Aristotle think the emotional appeal could take?
(a) A variety of forms.
(b) Two forms.
(c) One form.
(d) Only a few specific forms.

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

4. What explanation of justice did Aristotle provide?
(a) A well intentioned set of actions.
(b) A well intentioned action.
(c) A means between three extremes.
(d) A mean between two extremes.

5. Why did Aristotle think the completion of a difficult task was pleasant?
(a) What is difficult to get is mostly better than what is easy to get.
(b) What is difficult to get requires extra effort that makes it more rewarding.
(c) What is difficult to get is always better than what is easy to get.
(d) What is diffcult to get requires dedication that makes it more rewarding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aristotle think a political orator should be aware of?

2. Besides goodness itself, what else did Aristotle indicate a political orator must deal with?

3. According to Aristotle, what was the most basic cause of pleasure?

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

5. Which cause of human action did Aristotle mention as always being unpleasant?

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