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

2. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 4, in his discussion of what differentiated a simile from a metaphor?
(a) They used different rules.
(b) They tended to be more complex.
(c) They tended to be more involved.
(d) They used "like" or "as."

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

4. According to Aristotle, how many ways could objections be raised?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. In Aristotle's opinion, why were many people not swayed by sound arguments?
(a) They were too emotional.
(b) They were too uneducated.
(c) They were not emotional enough.
(d) They were too educated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Aristotle, what was the general difference between enthymemes and examples?

3. In Aristotle's opinion, what should a good birth lead to?

4. In order to object to an argument using Aristotle's explanations, how might it be attacked?

5. Focusing on what they found useful, what did Aristotle say older people cared less about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were some of the characteristics of a refutative enthymeme?

4. How did Aristotle compare a simile and a metaphor in Book III, Chapter 4?

5. As the second type of example, what were the two forms of the invented facts?

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

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

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

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

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

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