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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 included in the special laws referenced by Aristotle?

2. From the information in Book II, Chapter 1, what should a speaker do in order to put the audience in a certain frame of mind?

3. As explained in Book I, Chapter 3, which type of rhetoric attempted to convince a legislature to take a particular action?

4. As explained by Aristotle, what comprised good?

5. How did Aristotle think a political orator should convince an audience of their plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was happiness thought to be a key component in political rhetoric?

2. Which points of view could the law be observed by a legal rhetorician?

3. What knowledge of the forms of government did Aristotle think was necessary for a political rhetorician to have?

4. How did Aristotle explain the good and the useful in terms of political rhetoric?

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

6. What differences between a rhetorician and a dialectician were mentioned by Aristotle?

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

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

9. What did oaths add to legal rhetoric?

10. What were some of the aspects of anger and calmness that Aristotle discussed in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the three main areas of rhetoric, their applications, styles, and the specific types of points that each were effective in delivering. Also, provide a current example of each area to depict how they are being used in modern times.

Essay Topic 2

A discussion of the epilogue ended On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse by Aristotle.

1) Describe the responsibilities of an epilogue in a speech.

2) Explain the techniques that can be used in an epilogue and what the rhetorician should do after the epilogue is completed.

3) Analyze the effect of Aristotle's work on current and future rhetoric, speeches, dialogue, and literature.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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