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

2. What definition did Aristotle provide for rhetoric in Book I, Chapter 2?
(a) The faculty of observe in any given case the means of persuasion.
(b) The faculty of observe in only certain cases the means of persuasion.
(c) The faculty of observe in only certain cases the means of conversation.
(d) The faculty of observe in any given case the means of conversation.

3. To Aristotle, when did anger take place?
(a) When someone had been wronged or desired revenge.
(b) When someone was afraid, had been wronged, or desired revenge.
(c) When someone was afraid or had been wronged.
(d) When someone was afraid or desired revenge.

4. How did Aristotle think a political orator should convince an audience of their plan?
(a) By showing that it was just as good as most other options.
(b) By showing that it was better than all other options.
(c) By showing that it was just as good as all other options.
(d) By showing that it was better than most other options.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With the ethical appeal, what would the speaker be attempting to convey to the audience?

2. As discussed by Aristotle, how many modes of persuasion did rhetoric use?

3. According to Aristotle, what was the most basic cause of pleasure?

4. How did Aristotle differentiate between crime and punishment?

5. When did Aristotle think "what is good" made one happy?

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