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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As discussed in Book III, Chapter 12, what should legal rhetoric blend argumentation with?
(a) Effective delivery.
(b) Effective style.
(c) A familiar delivery.
(d) A familiar style.

2. Which of the following examples best demonstrates Aristotle's theory of possibility in Book II, Chapter 19?
(a) Snow and ice.
(b) Thunder and lightening.
(c) Clouds and rain.
(d) Heat and sunshine.

3. What shape was described in the example Aristotle provided for the use of description in an impressive speech?
(a) Rectangle.
(b) Triangle.
(c) Circle.
(d) Square.

4. In Book II, Chapter 26, how many common errors did Aristotle discuss?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. According to Aristotle, how did people in their prime view success?
(a) It was not possible.
(b) It was not impossible.
(c) It was not improbable.
(d) It was probable.

6. According to Aristotle, how was the structure of text conveyed in the periodic prose?
(a) By the flow of words and the tone of the orator's voice.
(b) By the length of each sentence and the tone of the orator's voice.
(c) By the flow of words, the length of each sentence, and the tone of the orator's voice.
(d) By the flow of words and the length of each sentence.

7. What did Aristotle think was wrong with the metaphor that compared a man with a square?
(a) He thought it was too simple.
(b) He thought it was confusing.
(c) He thought it was too complex.
(d) He thought it was boring.

8. Why did Aristotle say that metaphors were useful in a speech?
(a) They were not used frequently in common speech.
(b) They were used frequently in common speech.
(c) They sounded natural to everyone.
(d) They sounded natural to mostly everyone.

9. Based on Aristotle's views, how should any good speech be appropriate?
(a) For its subject matter and past speeches.
(b) For its audience and subject matter.
(c) For its audience and past speeches.
(d) For its audience, subject matter, and past speeches.

10. What did the paean avoid in order to gain Aristotle's endorsement as the ideal rhythm for prose?
(a) A definite meter.
(b) A common meter.
(c) An uncommon meter.
(d) An indefinite meter.

11. What was used in the example that argued the existence of a "non-animal" in Book II, Chapter 24?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Tree.
(c) Rock.
(d) Leaf.

12. In addition to context, what type of application of rhetoric did Aristotle think should determine the style?
(a) Specific.
(b) General.
(c) Simple.
(d) Complex.

13. Which one of the following would be an example of a fallacious enthymeme?
(a) To mistake the part for another part.
(b) To mistake the whole for the part.
(c) To mistake the part of the whole for the whole's previous part.
(d) To mistake the whole for another whole.

14. What about the past did Aristotle say that a legal orator was concerned with proving?
(a) Opinions.
(b) Facts.
(c) Doubts.
(d) Actions.

15. According to Aristotle, what should vivid descriptions always depict?
(a) Something that is in activity.
(b) Something that is not easily identified.
(c) Something that is easily identified.
(d) Something that is stationary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many periods of a lifetime did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 12?

2. How did Aristotle define a maxim?

3. Using an example of the similarities or differences between parents and their children, how did Aristotle describe Socrates' children?

4. Focusing on what they found useful, what did Aristotle say older people cared less about?

5. Although a refutative enthymeme might be more effective in a certain sense, how did Aristotle describe all enthymemes?

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