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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Aristotle, what was the most basic cause of pleasure?
(a) Some kind of action in accordance with one's abilities.
(b) Some kind of action in accordance with one's desires.
(c) Some kind of action in accordance with one's nature.
(d) Some kind of action in accordance with one's instincts.

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

4. How many causes of human action did Aristotle detail in Book I, Chapter 10?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

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

6. How many forms did Aristotle think the emotional appeal could take?
(a) Two forms.
(b) Only a few specific forms.
(c) One form.
(d) A variety of forms.

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

8. Why did Aristotle think the completion of a difficult task was pleasant?
(a) What is diffcult to get requires dedication that makes it more rewarding.
(b) What is difficult to get is always better than what is easy to get.
(c) What is difficult to get requires extra effort that makes it more rewarding.
(d) What is difficult to get is mostly better than what is easy to get.

9. As explained by Aristotle, what comprised good?
(a) A few different things.
(b) Only two main things.
(c) Only one main thing.
(d) Many different things.

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

11. How did Aristotle explain the binding extent of contracts?
(a) Only between two individuals or the courts and an individual.
(b) Only between two individuals.
(c) They were not binding.
(d) Only between the courts and an individual.

12. Who did Aristotle think calmness was felt towards?
(a) Those who a person felt sorry for.
(b) Those who a person did not feel injustice against.
(c) Those who a person understood.
(d) Those who a person did not feel sympathy for.

13. In comparison to the other appeals, how much did Aristotle think that rhetoric resembled the dialectic in the logical appeal?
(a) Rhetoric resembled dialectic exactly in the logical appeal.
(b) Rhetoric resembled dialectic the least in the logical appeal.
(c) Rhetoric resembled dialectic the same in the logical appeal.
(d) Rhetoric most closely resembled dialectic in the logical appeal.

14. What was another word used for "legal" in Aristotle's discussion of legal rhetoric?
(a) Forensic.
(b) Political.
(c) Civil.
(d) Lawful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aristotle think a political orator should convince an audience of their plan?

2. Which type(s) of happiness was Aristotle referring to in Book I, Chapter 5?

3. Which tactic was not included as something that an epideictic rhetorician might use?

4. What type of resources available to the government did Aristotle mention in Book I, Chapter 4?

5. 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?

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