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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. How did Aristotle define that which is unpleasant?
(a) The opposite to certain things that have been determined to be pleasant.
(b) The opposite to any of the things that have been determined to be pleasant.
(c) The opposite of good.
(d) The opposite of pleasure.

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

3. What did Aristotle think was wrong with the metaphor that compared a man with a square?
(a) He thought it was confusing.
(b) He thought it was too complex.
(c) He thought it was boring.
(d) He thought it was too simple.

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

5. How were antithesis sayings defined by Aristotle?
(a) The grouping of two opposite qualities.
(b) The grouping of two similar qualities.
(c) The reference to three slightly different ideas.
(d) The reference to three vastly different ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Included in Aristotle's definition of a rhetorician, which parts of a claim should be adapted to a situation?

2. Which one of the following was not included in Aristotle's recommendations for orators on how to write and speak their arguments?

3. According to Aristotle, how was the structure of text conveyed in the periodic prose?

4. In Book II, Chapter 26, how many common errors did Aristotle discuss?

5. In Aristotle's opinion, why were many people not swayed by sound arguments?

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