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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. In dealing with just and unjust actions, how did Aristotle indicate the law could be considered?
(a) From neither the point of view of the victim nor the law.
(b) From the point of view of the victim or the law.
(c) From the point of view of only the victim.
(d) From the point of view of only the law.

2. How did Aristotle think a political orator should convince an audience of their plan?
(a) By showing that it was better than most other options.
(b) By showing that it was better than all other options.
(c) By showing that it was just as good as all other options.
(d) By showing that it was just as good as most other options.

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

4. What did Aristotle think was irrelevant to the feeling of indignation?
(a) Anger.
(b) Social status.
(c) Outrage.
(d) Unearned fortune.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many different subjects of political oratory did Aristotle discuss in Book I, Chapter 4?

3. Considering Aristotle's views in Book I, Chapter 2, how would the emotional appeal move an audience?

4. Which one of the following was mentioned by Aristotle as a way that anger was useful in oratory?

5. Who did Aristotle think calmness was felt towards?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the emotional appeal defined by Aristotle?

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

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

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

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

6. According to Aristotle, what had to happen in order for a person to be shameful or shameless?

7. What differences between a rhetorician and a dialectician were mentioned by Aristotle?

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

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

10. How were friendship and enmity described by Aristotle?

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