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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. Considering Aristotle's views in Book I, Chapter 2, how would the emotional appeal move an audience?
(a) Through reason, not their feelings.
(b) Through their feelings and reason.
(c) Through neither their feelings or reason.
(d) Through their feelings, not reason.

2. In Aristotle's opinion, which things did a criminal consider when choosing their victim?
(a) Vulnerability and value.
(b) Vulnerability, value, and convenience.
(c) Value and convenience.
(d) Vulnerability and convenience.

3. In comparison to a spoken speech, how did Aristotle think a written speech would often appear?
(a) Simple, but not boring.
(b) Boring, but not simple.
(c) Neither boring nor simple.
(d) Boring and simple.

4. In Aristotle's description of fear, what was the opposite of fear?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Ability.
(d) Friendship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Aristotle explained the difficulty of using enthymemes in political oratory, what did political rhetoricians mainly use instead?

2. As discussed by Aristotle, how many modes of persuasion did rhetoric use?

3. In comparison to the other appeals, how much did Aristotle think that rhetoric resembled the dialectic in the logical appeal?

4. Which one of the following assessments did Aristotle use to support his analysis in Book I, Chapter 7?

5. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 24, what else might a person equivocate?

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