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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aristotle indicate was the result of using complex, foreign words?
(a) They caused people to overthink things.
(b) They caused people to stop thinking of things.
(c) They confused people.
(d) They annoyed people.

2. As explained by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 10, how should effective prose express its important points?
(a) With succinct, elegant sayings.
(b) With elegant, extravagant sayings.
(c) With succinct, extravagant, elegant sayings.
(d) With succinct, extravagant sayings.

3. Focusing on what they found useful, what did Aristotle say older people cared less about?
(a) Honor and the past.
(b) Honor, the past, and the opinions of others.
(c) The past and the opinions of others.
(d) Honor and the opinions of others.

4. In the example provided by Aristotle, what was used to object to a common saying?
(a) A common situation.
(b) Another common saying.
(c) An unknown situation.
(d) A lesser known saying.

5. How many periods of a lifetime did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 12?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

6. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in his description of young people?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Bold.
(c) Independent.
(d) Active.

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

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

9. How often did Aristotle think complex words should be used in a speech?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Frequently.
(c) Never.
(d) Occasionally.

10. In what way did Aristotle indicate refutative enthymemes were more effective in Book II, Chapter 26?
(a) Rhetorically.
(b) Literally.
(c) Hypothetically.
(d) Metaphorically.

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

12. Using the same example in the previous question, why did Aristotle think a blossoming flower was a better choice for the metaphor?
(a) It was more beautiful and more familiar.
(b) It was more beautiful and more inspiring.
(c) It was more beautiful, inspiring, and familiar.
(d) It was more familiar and more inspiring.

13. Which view did Aristotle think people in their prime had of money?
(a) A view that was mostly correct, but incorrect in some ways.
(b) An incorrect view.
(c) A correct view.
(d) A view that was mostly incorrect, but correct in some ways.

14. According to Aristotle, how many ways could objections be raised?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

15. Why was a refutative enthymeme considered to be more effective by Aristotle?
(a) It was less concise and more elegant.
(b) It was more concise and more elegant.
(c) It was more concise and less elegant.
(d) It was less concise and less elegant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Aristotle describe vivid speech?

2. What was thought to be incorrect about the example of the misuse of the epithet that Aristotle provided?

3. As explained in Book III, Chapter 3, in what way did writers misuse the epithet?

4. In Aristotle's opinion, why should political rhetoric focus the most on sound argumentation?

5. How many general forms of enthymemes were discussed by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 23?

(see the answer keys)

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