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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. According to Aristotle, what should vivid descriptions always depict?
(a) Something that is stationary.
(b) Something that is easily identified.
(c) Something that is in activity.
(d) Something that is not easily identified.

2. As explained in Book III, Chapter 3, in what way did writers misuse the epithet?
(a) By forgetting to apply it.
(b) By forgetting how to apply it.
(c) By applying it to insignificant subjects.
(d) By applying it to inappropriate subjects.

3. In comparison to a spoken speech, how did Aristotle think a written speech would often appear?
(a) Simple, but not boring.
(b) Boring, but not simple.
(c) Neither boring nor simple.
(d) Boring and simple.

4. Which view did Aristotle think people in their prime had of money?
(a) A view that was mostly incorrect, but correct in some ways.
(b) A view that was mostly correct, but incorrect in some ways.
(c) A correct view.
(d) An incorrect view.

5. How many periods of a lifetime did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 12?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Aristotle think a high value of life in older people led to?

3. As explained by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 10, how should effective prose express its important points?

4. In Book II, Chapter 26, how many common errors did Aristotle discuss?

5. What was thought to be incorrect about the example of the misuse of the epithet that Aristotle provided?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Aristotle define the application of vivid descriptions in rhetoric?

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

3. Which example did Aristotle use to display the fallacious ways an enthymeme could be formed?

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

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

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

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. In what way did Aristotle describe the differences between written prose and spoken prose in Book III, Chapter 12?

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

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