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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. What did Aristotle think was not sought by a person displaying kindness?
(a) Self-respect.
(b) Compensation.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Mutual respect.

2. From the information in Book II, Chapter 1, what should a speaker do in order to put the audience in a certain frame of mind?
(a) Manipulate their emotions.
(b) Compliment them.
(c) Challenge them.
(d) Ask them questions.

3. How many different subjects of political oratory did Aristotle discuss in Book I, Chapter 4?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

5. Which tactic was not included as something that an epideictic rhetorician might use?
(a) Competition.
(b) Exaggeration.
(c) Comparison.
(d) Amplification.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a reason that Aristotle included as a cause of pity?

2. How did Aristotle describe the feeling of friendship?

3. In comparison to the other appeals, how much did Aristotle think that rhetoric resembled the dialectic in the logical appeal?

4. Which of the following did Aristotle think were more likely to commit crimes?

5. In the beginning of the book, which one of the following did Aristotle indicate about rhetoric?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What benefits might ancient witnesses and recent witnesses have for legal rhetoric?

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

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

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

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