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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Using the same example in the previous question, why did Aristotle think a blossoming flower was a better choice for the metaphor?
(a) It was more beautiful and more inspiring.
(b) It was more beautiful and more familiar.
(c) It was more familiar and more inspiring.
(d) It was more beautiful, inspiring, and familiar.

2. How many common mistakes did Aristotle indicate were made in prose?
(a) Four.
(b) Too many to list.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. Based on Aristotle's views, how should any good speech be appropriate?
(a) For its audience and subject matter.
(b) For its audience, subject matter, and past speeches.
(c) For its audience and past speeches.
(d) For its subject matter and past speeches.

4. According to Aristotle, how many ways could objections be raised?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. As pointed out by Aristotle, what advantage did a speech that included a surprise have for a listener?
(a) The listener would be more likely to agree with it.
(b) The listener would be more likely to understand it.
(c) The listener would be more likely to repeat it.
(d) The listener would be more likely to remember it.

6. Using an example of the similarities or differences between parents and their children, how did Aristotle describe Socrates' children?
(a) Rational.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Foolish.

7. Although a refutative enthymeme might be more effective in a certain sense, how did Aristotle describe all enthymemes?
(a) Inequally valid.
(b) Equally sound.
(c) Equally valid.
(d) Inequally sound.

8. What types of examples did Aristotle discuss in Book II, Chapter 20?
(a) Actual facts, hypothetical facts, and invented facts.
(b) Actual facts and invented facts.
(c) Hypothetical facts and invented facts.
(d) Actual facts and hypothetical facts.

9. As discussed in Book III, Chapter 12, what should legal rhetoric blend argumentation with?
(a) A familiar delivery.
(b) A familiar style.
(c) Effective style.
(d) Effective delivery.

10. Why did Aristotle say that amplification and depreciation were not forms of enthymemes?
(a) They were not logical arguments.
(b) They were familiar arguments.
(c) They were not comprehensible arguments.
(d) They were not familiar arguments.

11. As both illustrations and fables utilized imagery to make a point, what type of imagery did Aristotle think fables used?
(a) Realistic.
(b) Fantastic.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Relevant.

12. Why was a refutative enthymeme considered to be more effective by Aristotle?
(a) It was less concise and more elegant.
(b) It was more concise and less elegant.
(c) It was more concise and more elegant.
(d) It was less concise and less elegant.

13. Which one of the following would be an example of a fallacious enthymeme?
(a) To mistake the part of the whole for the whole's previous part.
(b) To mistake the part for another part.
(c) To mistake the whole for another whole.
(d) To mistake the whole for the part.

14. In order to object to an argument using Aristotle's explanations, how might it be attacked?
(a) Scientifically.
(b) Directly.
(c) Humorously.
(d) Rationally.

15. Which of the following examples best demonstrates Aristotle's theory of possibility in Book II, Chapter 19?
(a) Clouds and rain.
(b) Thunder and lightening.
(c) Snow and ice.
(d) Heat and sunshine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Aristotle's opinion, what should a good birth lead to?

2. In what way did Aristotle indicate refutative enthymemes were more effective in Book II, Chapter 26?

3. Which characteristic did Aristotle think separated powerful people and wealthy people in general?

4. According to Aristotle, how was the structure of text conveyed in the periodic prose?

5. As explained by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 2, which type of words should a speech writer use?

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