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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the basic method used in the a fortiori argument that Aristotle referred to in Book II, Chapter 23?
(a) To focus on only one position at a time.
(b) To argue two entirely different things at once.
(c) To focus on several positions at once.
(d) To prove one thing by proving another first.

3. Which one of the following would be an example of a fallacious enthymeme?
(a) To mistake the part for another part.
(b) To mistake the whole for another whole.
(c) To mistake the whole for the part.
(d) To mistake the part of the whole for the whole's previous part.

4. Why did Aristotle say that amplification and depreciation were not forms of enthymemes?
(a) They were familiar arguments.
(b) They were not familiar arguments.
(c) They were not comprehensible arguments.
(d) They were not logical arguments.

5. What about the past did Aristotle say that a legal orator was concerned with proving?
(a) Actions.
(b) Opinions.
(c) Facts.
(d) Doubts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the example given in Book II, Chapter 24, what false assumption could be made by describing a large crowd?

2. In dealing with just and unjust actions, how did Aristotle indicate the law could be considered?

3. In the example provided by Aristotle, what was used to object to a common saying?

4. How many causes of human action did Aristotle detail in Book I, Chapter 10?

5. Which one of the following was an example of national defense provided in Book I, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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