This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Rhetoric > Rhetoric – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rhetoric Quiz 50 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which famous person from history did Aristotle tutor? A) William Shakespeare. B) Joan of Arc. C) Julius Caesar. D) Alexander the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alexander the Great. 2. A brief indirect reference to a person, event, object, time period, literary work, etc. (example:Don't be such a Scrooge! The good Samaritan appeared on the scene. His smile is like kryptonite to me.) A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 3. "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" A) Rhetorical question. B) Hypophora. C) Metaphor. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 4. Last week I lost my wallet, my car was stolen, and my girlfriend broke up with me.What appeal is this person using? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathos. 5. Questions that do not require an answer A) Rhetoric. B) Rhetorical situation. C) Rhetorical modes. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 6. Select the sentence that uses commas correctly. A) I did believe it or not, get a 36 on the ACT. B) I did, believe it or not, get a 36 on the ACT. C) I did believe it, or not, get a 36 on the ACT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I did, believe it or not, get a 36 on the ACT. 7. Metaphors appeal to our emotions but they also help aid understanding, so they appeal to ..... ? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today. A) False analogy. B) Hasty generalization. C) Red herring. D) False dichotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red herring. 9. A word or phrase used two or more times in close proximity A) Unrelated. B) Aphorism. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 10. The presentation of only one side of an issue or viewpoint, used to subjectively influence an audience. A) Generalization. B) Connotation. C) Bias. D) Credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bias. 11. Why was Rhetoric so important for administrative or judicial reasons? A) Because artistic speech was very important to the Greeks and Romans. B) People had to be able to convince and make their way through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People had to be able to convince and make their way through. 12. Drawing a conclusion based on insufficient evidence or a limited sample size. (a) A) Bandwagon. B) A Hasty generalization. C) Slippery slope. D) Strawman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Hasty generalization. 13. His snores were louder than a freight train. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. A conclusion drawn from too little evidence or from evidence that is biased A) Logical fallacies. B) Circular reasoning. C) Hasty generalization. D) It does not follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasty generalization. 15. An appeal to logic and reason.Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 16. Related to style, this refers to the writer's word choices A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Loose sentence. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 17. What type of rhetorical device is this? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 18. Exaggeration of the likely consequences of an action designed to show that a misstep today could result in a disaster in the future is called ..... A) Slippery slope. B) Bandwagon. C) Hasty generalization. D) Scare tactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippery slope. 19. Everyday writing (anything that is not poetry) A) Parallelism. B) Prose. C) Symbolism. D) Analogy. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. 20. Read the excerpt from the "Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln." "Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came" (paragraph 3). What does this excerpt reveal about the rhetorical context of Lincoln's speech? A) It explains that one side is more willing to take risks than the other. B) It highlights that one side has more noble intentions than the other. C) It shows that each side is motivated by opposing reasons. D) It underscores that each side has unpleasant reasons for entering the war. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It shows that each side is motivated by opposing reasons. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesRhetoric Quiz 1Rhetoric Quiz 2Rhetoric Quiz 3Rhetoric Quiz 4Rhetoric Quiz 5Rhetoric Quiz 6Rhetoric Quiz 7Rhetoric Quiz 8Rhetoric Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books