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

2. How were antithesis sayings defined by Aristotle?
(a) The reference to three vastly different ideas.
(b) The grouping of two opposite qualities.
(c) The grouping of two similar qualities.
(d) The reference to three slightly different ideas.

3. Which one of the following was not included in Aristotle's recommendations for orators on how to write and speak their arguments?
(a) Abundance of detail.
(b) Eloquent style.
(c) Convincing delivery.
(d) Non-logical means.

4. How did Aristotle describe vivid speech?
(a) Very exciting.
(b) Very effective.
(c) Somewhat exciting.
(d) Somewhat effective.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Aristotle's opinion, why should political rhetoric focus the most on sound argumentation?

2. As both illustrations and fables utilized imagery to make a point, what type of imagery did Aristotle think fables used?

3. What was Aristotle's opinion about using compound words in a speech?

4. What did Aristotle indicate was the result of using complex, foreign words?

5. In comparison to a spoken speech, how did Aristotle think a written speech would often appear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clarification did Aristotle make about amplification, enthymemes, and the soundness of enthymemes at the end of the section?

2. What would the a fortiori argument refer to in rhetoric?

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

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

5. What were the four ways that Aristotle listed about how objections could be raised?

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

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

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

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