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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. Which one of the following was an example of national defense provided in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Fortifications.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Risks.
(d) Previous battles.

2. What explanation of justice did Aristotle provide?
(a) A well intentioned set of actions.
(b) A means between three extremes.
(c) A mean between two extremes.
(d) A well intentioned action.

3. Why did Aristotle think the completion of a difficult task was pleasant?
(a) What is difficult to get is always better than what is easy to get.
(b) What is difficult to get requires extra effort that makes it more rewarding.
(c) What is difficult to get is mostly better than what is easy to get.
(d) What is diffcult to get requires dedication that makes it more rewarding.

4. What was the difference between rhetoric and dialectic in the logical appeal?
(a) The length of the speech.
(b) There was no difference between them.
(c) The timing of the argument.
(d) The methods used.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Aristotle think calmness was felt towards?

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

3. What was another word used for "legal" in Aristotle's discussion of legal rhetoric?

4. How many causes of human action did Aristotle detail in Book I, Chapter 10?

5. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle as a cause for the feeling of calmness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the emotional appeal defined by Aristotle?

2. What did oaths add to legal rhetoric?

3. Why did Aristotle think that kindness received no compensation?

4. Which points of view could the law be observed by a legal rhetorician?

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

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

7. What was Aristotle's explanation of fear and confidence?

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

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

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

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