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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 anger was always directed towards?
(a) A specific circumstance.
(b) A specific person.
(c) A group of people.
(d) A specific person or group, or a specific circumstance.

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

3. How did Aristotle define "the good"?
(a) That which is sought for the well being of an individual.
(b) That which is sought for another's sake.
(c) That which is sought for its own sake.
(d) That which is sought for the well being of the country.

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

5. Which type(s) of happiness was Aristotle referring to in Book I, Chapter 5?
(a) Individual happiness.
(b) Prosperity for the country.
(c) Individual happiness, equal happiness, and prosperity for the country.
(d) Equal happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tactic was not included as something that an epideictic rhetorician might use?

2. How did Aristotle describe the feeling of friendship?

3. What did Aristotle say was the chief concern of political rhetoric?

4. In what type of person did Aristotle explain there was an especially strong temptation to commit crimes?

5. What did Aristotle think was irrelevant to the feeling of indignation?

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