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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The side that the person disagreed with.
(b) Neither side.
(c) The side that the person agreed with.
(d) Both sides.

2. What did Aristotle think a political orator should be aware of?
(a) Only their country's imports.
(b) Their country's imports and exports.
(c) Only their country's exports.
(d) Neither their country's imports nor its exports.

3. To Aristotle, when did anger take place?
(a) When someone was afraid or had been wronged.
(b) When someone was afraid or desired revenge.
(c) When someone was afraid, had been wronged, or desired revenge.
(d) When someone had been wronged or desired revenge.

4. What did Aristotle think was the intent of all voluntary actions?
(a) Some apparent good or pleasure.
(b) Some apparent good or recognition.
(c) Some apparent good, recognition, or pleasure.
(d) Some apparent recognition or pleasure.

5. Which one of the following was an example of national defense provided in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Fortifications.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Previous battles.
(d) Risks.

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

7. How did Aristotle define democracy in Book 2, Chapter 8?
(a) The freedom of its citizens.
(b) Three branches of a government.
(c) Two forms of government.
(d) A representative elected by the majority.

8. As explained in Book I, Chapter 14, which things should be considered when deciding the unjustness of an action?
(a) Past crimes and the intentions.
(b) Past crimes, associations, and intentions.
(c) Past crimes and associations.
(d) Associations and intentions.

9. According to Aristotle in Book I, Chapter 1, what was not a concern of rhetoric?
(a) A hypothetical subject.
(b) An academic subject.
(c) A specific subject.
(d) A vague subject.

10. According to Aristotle, what act should the political rhetorician be concerned with?
(a) The act of legislation.
(b) The act of ratification.
(c) The act of limitation.
(d) The act of rejection.

11. What did Aristotle think was irrelevant to the feeling of indignation?
(a) Unearned fortune.
(b) Outrage.
(c) Social status.
(d) Anger.

12. 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.

13. Of the two kinds of witnesses, why did Aristotle think the ancient witnesses were useful?
(a) They could be questioned or tampered with.
(b) They could be questioned, tampered with, or accused of partiality.
(c) They could be questioned or accused of partiality.
(d) They could be tampered with or accused of partiality.

14. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle as a cause for the feeling of calmness?
(a) When someone has helped a person.
(b) When someone does not associate with anyone.
(c) When someone has been wronged in an unintentional way.
(d) When someone is not known well by a person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aristotle define that which is unpleasant?

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

3. How did Aristotle differentiate between crime and punishment?

4. Which kind of distinction was made by Aristotle between war and peace, and national defense?

5. Which of the following were examples of the involuntary causes for human action that Aristotle outlined?

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