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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 13-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Focusing on what they found useful, what did Aristotle say older people cared less about?
(a) The past and the opinions of others.
(b) Honor and the opinions of others.
(c) Honor, the past, and the opinions of others.
(d) Honor and the past.

2. Which one of the following was mentioned by Aristotle as a way that anger was useful in oratory?
(a) To diminish the effect of an opposing argument.
(b) To give authority to the speaker.
(c) To enhance the effect of the speaker's argument.
(d) To give credibility to the speaker.

3. In comparison to the other appeals, how much did Aristotle think that rhetoric resembled the dialectic in the logical appeal?
(a) Rhetoric most closely resembled dialectic in the logical appeal.
(b) Rhetoric resembled dialectic exactly in the logical appeal.
(c) Rhetoric resembled dialectic the least in the logical appeal.
(d) Rhetoric resembled dialectic the same in the logical appeal.

4. 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 any given case the means of conversation.
(c) The faculty of observe in only certain cases the means of conversation.
(d) The faculty of observe in only certain cases the means of persuasion.

5. Why did Aristotle think the political rhetorician should show that their proposal was in line with the audience's happiness?
(a) To encourage them to consider it.
(b) To help them understand it.
(c) To convince them to accept it.
(d) To prevent them from forgetting it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Aristotle say that amplification and depreciation were not forms of enthymemes?

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

3. How did Aristotle think the speaker should present themselves to the audience?

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

5. Who did Aristotle think calmness was felt towards?

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