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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. Considering Aristotle's views in Book I, Chapter 2, how would the emotional appeal move an audience?
(a) Through reason, not their feelings.
(b) Through their feelings, not reason.
(c) Through neither their feelings or reason.
(d) Through their feelings and reason.

2. How many causes of human action did Aristotle detail in Book I, Chapter 10?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

3. As explained in Book I, Chapter 10, what did the general law refer to?
(a) Written laws of necessity.
(b) Unwritten laws of justice.
(c) Written laws of justice.
(d) Unwritten laws of necessity.

4. Which cause of human action did Aristotle mention as always being unpleasant?
(a) Compulsion.
(b) Habit.
(c) Appetite.
(d) Anger.

5. In what type of person did Aristotle explain there was an especially strong temptation to commit crimes?
(a) Someone that has already committed a crime and has been caught, but not convicted.
(b) Someone that has never committed a crime.
(c) Someone that has already committed a crime, but has not been caught.
(d) Someone that was unaware of the punishment for committing a crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aristotle think anger was always directed towards?

2. In dealing with just and unjust actions, how did Aristotle indicate the law could be considered?

3. According to Aristotle's explanation, how would a speaker approach a subject when using the logical appeal?

4. Why did Aristotle think the completion of a difficult task was pleasant?

5. In addition to the relationships with other countries, what other part of war and peace did Aristotle explain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would rhetoric be used to help define individual beliefs?

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

3. What did oaths add to legal rhetoric?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How was the emotional appeal defined by Aristotle?

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