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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. According to Aristotle, what should the rhetorician do after the epilogue?
(a) Leave the room.
(b) Ask the audience if they have any questions.
(c) Restart the speech's introduction.
(d) Defer to the audience's judgment.

2. As explained by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 10, how should effective prose express its important points?
(a) With elegant, extravagant sayings.
(b) With succinct, elegant sayings.
(c) With succinct, extravagant, elegant sayings.
(d) With succinct, extravagant sayings.

3. Based on Aristotle's discussion of objections, what would be the purpose in making a similar appeal to an argument?
(a) To overshadow it.
(b) To contradict it.
(c) To simplify it.
(d) To complicate it.

4. What strategy did Aristotle recommend for an interrogator?
(a) To constantly repeat any contradictions or falsities in their opponent's speech.
(b) To ask the audience about any contradictions or falsities in their opponent's speech.
(c) To expose any contradictions or falsities in their opponent's speech.
(d) To ignore any contradictions or falsities in their opponent's speech.

5. What types of examples did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 20?
(a) Actual facts, hypothetical facts, and invented facts.
(b) Actual facts and hypothetical facts.
(c) Actual facts and invented facts.
(d) Hypothetical facts and invented facts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the two kinds of witnesses, why did Aristotle think the ancient witnesses were useful?

2. How did Aristotle describe arrhythmic prose for speech writing purposes in Book III, Chapter 1?

3. In what way did Aristotle think the enthymeme should be used in legal oratory?

4. How did Aristotle describe the difference between spoken and written prose?

5. How did Aristotle explain the binding extent of contracts?

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