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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 was the difference between rhetoric and dialectic in the logical appeal?

2. How did Aristotle define democracy in Book 2, Chapter 8?

3. As explained in Book I, Chapter 14, which things should be considered when deciding the unjustness of an action?

4. How did Aristotle think the political orator should be able to speak about the good?

5. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle as a cause for the feeling of calmness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way were contracts used by a legal rhetorician?

5. What distinction did Aristotle make between war and peace and national defense as subjects of political oratory?

6. What benefits might ancient witnesses and recent witnesses have for legal rhetoric?

7. Which causes of human action did Aristotle outline in Book I, Chapter 10, and which ones were voluntary?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argumentation was the basis for rhetoric and oration.

1) Describe the types of argumentation used in each main form of rhetoric.

2) Explain Aristotle's theory of possibility and impossibility, along with three examples of it.

3) Analyze which forms of rhetoric might use Aristotle's theory of possibility and impossibility the most and why.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Aristotle's views on interrogation, including his advice for interrogators as well as his advice for a person that is being interrogated.

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