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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. How did Aristotle think rhetoric could be useful in terms of one's beliefs?
(a) Refinement.
(b) Confirmation.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Expansion.

2. What were three examples of the voluntary causes for human action listed by Aristotle?
(a) Reasoning, anger, and appetite.
(b) Reasoning, anger, and compulsion.
(c) Anger, compulsion, and appetite.
(d) Reasoning, compulsion, and appetite.

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

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

5. How did Aristotle define that which is unpleasant?
(a) The opposite to any of the things that have been determined to be pleasant.
(b) The opposite of good.
(c) The opposite to certain things that have been determined to be pleasant.
(d) The opposite of pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In contrast to syllogism, how did Aristotle explain the difference between the arguments in enthymemes?

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

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

4. Besides proof with explicit premises, what was included in Aristotle's definition of syllogism?

5. Why did Aristotle think the universal law was higher than the special law?

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