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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 did Aristotle say was the chief concern of political rhetoric?
(a) What is arguable.
(b) What is obvious.
(c) What is useful.
(d) What is feasable.

2. How did Aristotle explain the binding extent of contracts?
(a) They were not binding.
(b) Only between the courts and an individual.
(c) Only between two individuals or the courts and an individual.
(d) Only between two individuals.

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

4. What type of resources available to the government did Aristotle mention in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Everything except financial and legal.
(b) Financial and legal.
(c) Financial.
(d) Everything except financial.

5. How many different subjects of political oratory did Aristotle discuss in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following were examples of the involuntary causes for human action that Aristotle outlined?

2. What explanation of justice did Aristotle provide?

3. Which of the following did Aristotle think were more likely to commit crimes?

4. As explained in Book I, Chapter 3, which type of rhetoric attempted to convince a legislature to take a particular action?

5. Which one of the following was not listed by Aristotle as a form of happiness?

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