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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. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 18, what was political argumentation concerned with?
(a) Both past and future events.
(b) Neither past nor future events.
(c) Future events.
(d) Past events.

2. How often did Aristotle think complex words should be used in a speech?
(a) Occasionally.
(b) Never.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Frequently.

3. In the example provided by Aristotle, what was used to object to a common saying?
(a) Another common saying.
(b) A common situation.
(c) A lesser known saying.
(d) An unknown situation.

4. In what way did Aristotle indicate refutative enthymemes were more effective in Book II, Chapter 26?
(a) Metaphorically.
(b) Literally.
(c) Hypothetically.
(d) Rhetorically.

5. Why did Aristotle prefer the periodic prose to the free-running prose?
(a) Free-running prose had fallen out of fashion.
(b) Free-running prose had just been introduced.
(c) Periodic prose was easier to use.
(d) Periodic prose was more familiar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many common mistakes did Aristotle indicate were made in prose?

2. As discussed in Book III, Chapter 12, what should legal rhetoric blend argumentation with?

3. What effect did Aristotle think an antithesis saying had on the point it was making?

4. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in his description of young people?

5. What did Aristotle think was wrong with the metaphor that compared a man with a square?

Short Essay Questions

1. What value could surprises have in a speech, and what were some of the forms they could take?

2. What were some of the ways Aristotle described what was and was not possible in rhetoric and oratory?

3. Based on Aristotle's discussion at the beginning of Book II, Chapter 12, which things could influence a person's feelings?

4. As explained by Aristotle, what four common mistakes were made while writing prose?

5. What was the periodic form of prose, and why did Aristotle prefer it?

6. How might the antithesis sayings emphasize a particular point?

7. Why might an enthymeme have been more effective with a surprising conclusion?

8. Based on the information in Book III, Chapter 10, which ideas could a metaphor help to deliver and why?

9. How did Aristotle explain the different kinds of arguments used by the three types of rhetoric in Book II, Chapter 18?

10. Which styles of political, forensic, and epideictic rhetoric were discussed at the end of Book III, Chapter 12?

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