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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 type of argumentation did Aristotle think the dialectic should be associated with?
(a) Proper and simple.
(b) Proper and valid.
(c) Proper, simple, and valid.
(d) Simple and valid.

2. Why might a speaker use the ethical appeal?
(a) To make their claims more credible.
(b) To make their claims easier to repeat.
(c) To make their claims more complicated.
(d) To make their claims easier to understand.

3. Besides proof with explicit premises, what was included in Aristotle's definition of syllogism?
(a) An example.
(b) An introduction.
(c) A conclusion.
(d) Multiple examples.

4. When did Aristotle think "what is good" made one happy?
(a) Most of the time.
(b) Never.
(c) Occasionally.
(d) Always.

5. Which one of the following could be an example of the emotional appeal?
(a) Making the audience angry to fight a war.
(b) Making the audience doubt their own point of view.
(c) Making the audience think about a different point of view.
(d) Making the audience tired of listening to the speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Included in Aristotle's definition of a rhetorician, which parts of a claim should be adapted to a situation?

2. How did Aristotle define "the good"?

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

4. What did Aristotle say could not be considered good?

5. How did Aristotle think the political orator should be able to speak about the good?

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