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

2. Why might a speaker use the ethical appeal?
(a) To make their claims easier to understand.
(b) To make their claims more credible.
(c) To make their claims more complicated.
(d) To make their claims easier to repeat.

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

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

5. As Aristotle explained, in which situations would rhetoric be useful?
(a) Situations where dialectic would also be appropriate.
(b) Situations where dialectic would be inappropriate.
(c) Situations where dialectic would be understood.
(d) Situations where dialectic would be misunderstood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would be considered an ideal target for a crime?

2. As explained by Aristotle, what comprised good?

3. What did Aristotle say could not be considered good?

4. To Aristotle, when did anger take place?

5. What type of argumentation did Aristotle think the dialectic should be associated with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the emotional appeal defined by Aristotle?

2. What did oaths add to legal rhetoric?

3. How was dialectic defined and what was its connection to rhetoric?

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

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

6. What were the two types of laws explained in Book I, Chapter 10?

7. What was the logical appeal that Aristotle referred to and when would it be used?

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

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

10. What knowledge of the forms of government did Aristotle think was necessary for a political rhetorician to have?

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