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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. 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.

2. Which cause of human action did Aristotle mention as always being unpleasant?
(a) Anger.
(b) Appetite.
(c) Habit.
(d) Compulsion.

3. How many causes of human action did Aristotle detail in Book I, Chapter 10?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would be considered an ideal target for a crime?

2. Which kind of distinction was made by Aristotle between war and peace, and national defense?

3. According to Aristotle in Book I, Chapter 1, what was not a concern of rhetoric?

4. How did Aristotle explain the binding extent of contracts?

5. Based on the information in Book I, Chapter1, for which side(s) of a question could rhetoric allow a person to make good cases?

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