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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Aristotle think a political orator should convince an audience of their plan?
(a) By showing that it was just as good as all other options.
(b) By showing that it was just as good as most other options.
(c) By showing that it was better than all other options.
(d) By showing that it was better than most other options.

2. How did Aristotle define "the good"?
(a) That which is sought for its own sake.
(b) That which is sought for the well being of an individual.
(c) That which is sought for the well being of the country.
(d) That which is sought for another's sake.

3. Which kind of distinction was made by Aristotle between war and peace, and national defense?
(a) Subtle.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Distinct.
(d) No difference.

4. Which of the following did Aristotle think were more likely to commit crimes?
(a) Weak people.
(b) Ignorant people.
(c) Malicious people.
(d) Clever people.

5. What did Aristotle say was the chief concern of political rhetoric?
(a) What is feasable.
(b) What is useful.
(c) What is obvious.
(d) What is arguable.

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

7. What type of resources available to the government did Aristotle mention in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Everything except financial.
(b) Financial.
(c) Everything except financial and legal.
(d) Financial and legal.

8. Which type(s) of happiness was Aristotle referring to in Book I, Chapter 5?
(a) Equal happiness.
(b) Individual happiness.
(c) Individual happiness, equal happiness, and prosperity for the country.
(d) Prosperity for the country.

9. What were three examples of the voluntary causes for human action listed by Aristotle?
(a) Reasoning, compulsion, and appetite.
(b) Reasoning, anger, and compulsion.
(c) Anger, compulsion, and appetite.
(d) Reasoning, anger, and appetite.

10. Which type of disgraces made shame especially significant in Aristotle's opinion?
(a) Collective.
(b) Financial.
(c) Moral.
(d) Individual.

11. As explained in Book I, Chapter 10, what did the general law refer to?
(a) Written laws of justice.
(b) Written laws of necessity.
(c) Unwritten laws of justice.
(d) Unwritten laws of necessity.

12. From the information in Book II, Chapter 1, what should a speaker do in order to put the audience in a certain frame of mind?
(a) Compliment them.
(b) Manipulate their emotions.
(c) Ask them questions.
(d) Challenge them.

13. Which of the following was a reason that Aristotle included as a cause of pity?
(a) Luck.
(b) Undeserved punishment.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Deserved punishment.

14. Based on the information in Book I, Chapter1, for which side(s) of a question could rhetoric allow a person to make good cases?
(a) Neither side.
(b) The side that the person disagreed with.
(c) Both sides.
(d) The side that the person agreed with.

15. With the ethical appeal, what would the speaker be attempting to convey to the audience?
(a) Their own virtue, experiences, or authority.
(b) Their own experiences or authority.
(c) Their own virtue or experiences.
(d) Their own virtue or authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following was not listed by Aristotle as a form of happiness?

2. Besides goodness itself, what else did Aristotle indicate a political orator must deal with?

3. How did Aristotle differentiate between crime and punishment?

4. To Aristotle, when did anger take place?

5. Which cause of human action did Aristotle mention as always being unpleasant?

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