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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. Besides proof with explicit premises, what was included in Aristotle's definition of syllogism?

2. What type of argumentation did Aristotle think the dialectic should be associated with?

3. How did Aristotle differentiate between crime and punishment?

4. What did Aristotle think the extent of virtues was based on?

5. Which of the following did Aristotle think were more likely to commit crimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on Aristotle's analysis of crimes, what would cause a person to commit a crime and how would they select their victim?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How was the emotional appeal defined by Aristotle?

8. What was Aristotle's description of the ethical appeal in rhetoric?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define rhetoric in detail, its uses, and in which settings it would be the most effective. Include an analysis of the three modes of persuasion as well as two examples of each mode.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain the many aspects and traits of virtue and justice, their value in epideictic rhetoric, and the techniques that Aristotle described for applying them to epideictic speaking.

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