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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aristotle say could not be considered good?

2. What type of argumentation did Aristotle think the dialectic should be associated with?

3. As Aristotle explained, in which situations would rhetoric be useful?

4. Based on Aristotle's explanation, what was the difference between envy and emulation?

5. How did Aristotle differentiate between crime and punishment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on Aristotle's analysis of crimes, what would cause a person to commit a crime and how would they select their victim?

2. How was justice described by Aristotle and why was virtue a significant part of rhetoric?

3. In what ways might indignation be considered the opposite of pity, and how did it differ from envy or emulation?

4. Which tactics did Aristotle indicate a epideictic rhetorician could use?

5. How were friendship and enmity described by Aristotle?

6. Why would rhetoric be used to help define individual beliefs?

7. What were the two types of laws explained in Book I, Chapter 10?

8. How were the three main areas of rhetoric introduced by Aristotle?

9. According to Aristotle, what had to happen in order for a person to be shameful or shameless?

10. How was dialectic defined and what was its connection to rhetoric?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Political rhetoric was one of the most popular forms of public speaking during Aristotle's time.

1) Describe the five subjects of political oratory and why Aristotle thought it was important for a political rhetorician to have a working knowledge of them.

2) Explain how a knowledge of happiness, the good, and the useful were beneficial in political rhetoric.

3) Analyze the different forms of government and their role in political rhetoric.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the three stages of a lifetime that Aristotle outlined, the connection between a person's age and circumstances, the examples that Aristotle gave to support his views, and the reasons why he might have had those views about age and life. Provide your own examples in your analysis of which points you agree and/or disagree with Aristotle about his opinions on the stages in a person's life.

Essay Topic 3

The Introduction of a speech set the stage for the points and arguments it was designed to deliver.

1) Describe the two main purposes for an introduction.

2) Explain the techniques used in an effective introduction.

3) Analyze the situations that Aristotle thought an introduction would work the best and why.

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