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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. How many causes of human action did Aristotle detail in Book I, Chapter 10?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.
2. What knowledge did Aristotle think was required by political rhetoric?
(a) At least two forms of government.
(b) At least one form of government.
(c) The most effective forms of government.
(d) Various forms of government.
3. Which one of the following could be an example of the emotional appeal?
(a) Making the audience think about a different point of view.
(b) Making the audience tired of listening to the speech.
(c) Making the audience doubt their own point of view.
(d) Making the audience angry to fight a war.
4. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle as a cause for the feeling of calmness?
(a) When someone has been wronged in an unintentional way.
(b) When someone does not associate with anyone.
(c) When someone has helped a person.
(d) When someone is not known well by a person.
5. Which one of the following was mentioned by Aristotle as a way that anger was useful in oratory?
(a) To give credibility to the speaker.
(b) To give authority to the speaker.
(c) To enhance the effect of the speaker's argument.
(d) To diminish the effect of an opposing argument.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Aristotle think rhetoric could be useful in terms of one's beliefs?
2. As explained in Book I, Chapter 14, which things should be considered when deciding the unjustness of an action?
3. Who did Aristotle think must obey the general law?
4. What did Aristotle say was the chief concern of political rhetoric?
5. How did Aristotle define that which is unpleasant?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which ways should the political rhetorician consider the degree of goodness in forming a convincing argument?
2. How was the emotional appeal defined by Aristotle?
3. What was the logical appeal that Aristotle referred to and when would it be used?
4. Besides war and peace and national defense, what other subjects of political oratory did Aristotle include in Book 1, Chapter 4?
5. How was dialectic defined and what was its connection to rhetoric?
6. What were some of the aspects of anger and calmness that Aristotle discussed in the book?
7. How did Aristotle explain the good and the useful in terms of political rhetoric?
8. Which tactics did Aristotle indicate a epideictic rhetorician could use?
9. What was considered pleasant and unpleasant for the forensic speaker?
10. In what ways might indignation be considered the opposite of pity, and how did it differ from envy or emulation?
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