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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. What explanation of justice did Aristotle provide?
(a) A well intentioned action.
(b) A well intentioned set of actions.
(c) A mean between two extremes.
(d) A means between three extremes.

2. According to Aristotle, how was the structure of text conveyed in the periodic prose?
(a) By the flow of words, the length of each sentence, and the tone of the orator's voice.
(b) By the flow of words and the tone of the orator's voice.
(c) By the length of each sentence and the tone of the orator's voice.
(d) By the flow of words and the length of each sentence.

3. Although a refutative enthymeme might be more effective in a certain sense, how did Aristotle describe all enthymemes?
(a) Equally sound.
(b) Inequally sound.
(c) Inequally valid.
(d) Equally valid.

4. What did Aristotle think the structure of a sentence should always be?
(a) Clear.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Implied.
(d) Simple.

5. What effect did Aristotle think an antithesis saying had on the point it was making?
(a) It made the point more complex.
(b) It made the point especially striking.
(c) It made the point less complex.
(d) It made the point especially startling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Concerning the elicitation of the praise or blame of an audience, what was epideictic rhetoric also called by Aristotle?

2. Why did Aristotle think the universal law was higher than the special law?

3. Based on Aristotle's explanation, what were the essential parts of a speech?

4. What types of examples did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 20?

5. Besides proof with explicit premises, what was included in Aristotle's definition of syllogism?

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