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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapter 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aristotle say was the chief concern of political rhetoric?
(a) What is feasable.
(b) What is arguable.
(c) What is useful.
(d) What is obvious.

2. What was thought to be incorrect about the example of the misuse of the epithet that Aristotle provided?
(a) An extraordinary verb was applied to an ordinary noun.
(b) An ordinary verb was applied to an extraordinary noun.
(c) An extraordinary adjective was applied to an ordinary noun.
(d) An ordinary adjective was applied to an extraordinary noun.

3. Which one of the following could be an example of the emotional appeal?
(a) Making the audience tired of listening to the speech.
(b) Making the audience angry to fight a war.
(c) Making the audience doubt their own point of view.
(d) Making the audience think about a different point of view.

4. Who did Aristotle think must obey the general law?
(a) All of humanity.
(b) At least half of humanity.
(c) At least three quarters of humanity.
(d) Over half of humanity.

5. Which one of the following would be an example of amplification?
(a) The positive effects of a political plan.
(b) The unintended effects of a political plan.
(c) The ineffective results of a political plan.
(d) The effective results of a previous political plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Aristotle's description of fear, what was the opposite of fear?

2. Based on Aristotle's explanation of the wealthy, how did wealthy people view the opinions of others about money?

3. How did Aristotle explain the binding extent of contracts?

4. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 4, in his discussion of what differentiated a simile from a metaphor?

5. Included in Aristotle's definition of a rhetorician, which parts of a claim should be adapted to a situation?

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