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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As explained by Aristotle in Book I, Chapter 10, what was the concern of the legal rhetorician?
(a) Only disproving wrongdoing.
(b) Either proving or disproving wrongdoing.
(c) Neither proving nor disproving wrongdoing.
(d) Only proving wrongdoing.

2. How did Aristotle describe the feeling of friendship?
(a) Reciprocal.
(b) One-sided.
(c) Expendable.
(d) Essential.

3. When did Aristotle think "what is good" made one happy?
(a) Never.
(b) Most of the time.
(c) Always.
(d) Occasionally.

4. In Aristotle's opinion, which things did a criminal consider when choosing their victim?
(a) Vulnerability and convenience.
(b) Vulnerability and value.
(c) Value and convenience.
(d) Vulnerability, value, and convenience.

5. Based on the information in Book I, Chapter 12, when did people commit crimes?
(a) When they refused to think about the risk of punishment.
(b) When they thought the reward to be gained outweighed the risk of punishment.
(c) When they thought the reward was as big as the risk of punishment.
(d) When they thought the risk of punishment was nonexistent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Aristotle define democracy in Book 2, Chapter 8?

3. As explained in Book I, Chapter 14, which things should be considered when deciding the unjustness of an action?

4. According to Aristotle, how could a person defend their position in the future when they discovered the truth of a question?

5. Based on the information in Book I, Chapter1, for which side(s) of a question could rhetoric allow a person to make good cases?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was happiness thought to be a key component in political rhetoric?

2. What was considered pleasant and unpleasant for the forensic speaker?

3. Which tactics did Aristotle indicate a epideictic rhetorician could use?

4. What was Aristotle's description of the ethical appeal in rhetoric?

5. What were some of the aspects of anger and calmness that Aristotle discussed in the book?

6. Besides war and peace and national defense, what other subjects of political oratory did Aristotle include in Book 1, Chapter 4?

7. Based on Aristotle's analysis of crimes, what would cause a person to commit a crime and how would they select their victim?

8. How were the three main areas of rhetoric introduced by Aristotle?

9. In what way were contracts used by a legal rhetorician?

10. How did Aristotle explain the good and the useful in terms of political rhetoric?

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