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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 12-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What description of the ethical appeal was given by Aristotle?
(a) Appeal to the speaker's associations.
(b) Appeal to the speaker's intent.
(c) Appeal to the speaker's past.
(d) Appeal to the speaker's character.

2. Based on Aristotle's explanation, what was the difference between envy and emulation?
(a) Envy can be about a situation while emulation can only be directed towards another person.
(b) Envy can only be directed towards another person while emulation can be about a situation.
(c) Envy is about wanting another to lose their goods while emulation is about wanting the goods for oneself.
(d) Envy is about wanting the goods for oneself while emulation is about wanting another person to lose their goods.

3. What was another word used for "legal" in Aristotle's discussion of legal rhetoric?
(a) Lawful.
(b) Political.
(c) Civil.
(d) Forensic.

4. Which of the following were examples of the involuntary causes for human action that Aristotle outlined?
(a) Luck, habit, and compulsion.
(b) Luck, nature, and compulsion.
(c) Luck, nature, and habit.
(d) Luck, nature, habit, and compulsion.

5. What was included in the special laws referenced by Aristotle?
(a) Some of the logical opinions of a political body.
(b) All of the logical opinions of a political body.
(c) Some of the explicit statutes of a political body.
(d) All of the explicit statutes of a political body.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of the book, which one of the following did Aristotle indicate about rhetoric?

2. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 18, what was political argumentation concerned with?

3. Which of the following would be considered an ideal target for a crime?

4. How did Aristotle think rhetoric could be useful in terms of one's beliefs?

5. What did Aristotle think was irrelevant to the feeling of indignation?

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