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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. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in his description of young people?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Active.
(c) Bold.
(d) Independent.

2. As discussed in Book III, Chapter 12, what should legal rhetoric blend argumentation with?
(a) Effective style.
(b) Effective delivery.
(c) A familiar style.
(d) A familiar delivery.

3. What shape was described in the example Aristotle provided for the use of description in an impressive speech?
(a) Triangle.
(b) Rectangle.
(c) Circle.
(d) Square.

4. What types of examples did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 20?
(a) Actual facts and hypothetical facts.
(b) Actual facts, hypothetical facts, and invented facts.
(c) Actual facts and invented facts.
(d) Hypothetical facts and invented facts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the basic method used in the a fortiori argument that Aristotle referred to in Book II, Chapter 23?

2. In Aristotle's opinion, why were many people not swayed by sound arguments?

3. As pointed out by Aristotle, what advantage did a speech that included a surprise have for a listener?

4. According to Aristotle, what should vivid descriptions always depict?

5. As explained in Book III, Chapter 3, in what way did writers misuse the epithet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Aristotle's opinion, why were non-logical ways necessary to convince certain audiences of a sound argument?

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

7. Which rules for poetry and prose did Aristotle outline in Book III, Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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