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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aristotle think a political orator should be aware of?
(a) Only their country's exports.
(b) Neither their country's imports nor its exports.
(c) Their country's imports and exports.
(d) Only their country's imports.

2. As explained in Book I, Chapter 3, which type of rhetoric attempted to convince a legislature to take a particular action?
(a) Tactical.
(b) National.
(c) Non-political.
(d) Political.

3. From the information in Book II, Chapter 1, what should a speaker do in order to put the audience in a certain frame of mind?
(a) Manipulate their emotions.
(b) Challenge them.
(c) Ask them questions.
(d) Compliment them.

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

5. What did Aristotle say could not be considered good?
(a) Something that is relied upon by something else.
(b) Something that is dependent on something else.
(c) Something that is instrumental to something else.
(d) Something that is supplemental to something else.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aristotle differentiate between crime and punishment?

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

3. Based on Aristotle's explanation, why was it not possible to be angry at humanity in general?

4. How did Aristotle define "the good"?

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

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