Question: She was one of the only women known to have an influence on the study & practice of rhetoric in Ancient Greece: Answer Options: Athena, Madame de Scudery, Phaedrus, Aspasia

Answer: Aspasia

 

Question: In this dialogue, Plato argued that rhetoric is not a true art, but a “sham art”:

Answer Options:
Phaedrus, Gorgias, De rhetorica, The rhetoric

Answer: Gorgias

 

Question: The Sophists defined this term as “knowledge”; Plato defined it as “True knowledge”:

Answer Options:
doxa, aretē, technē, epistemē

Answer: doxa

 

Question: In ancient Greece, this term referred to a class of women who were educated courtesans and professional companions for men engaged in public activities:

Answer Options:
hetaerae, escort, demos, aristocrat

Answer: hetaerae

 

Question: Although he was a famous philosopher, we only know of his ideas and teachings through the work of his students:

Answer Options:
Gorgias, Aspasia, Socrates, Plato

Answer: Socrates

 

Question: A deductive argument based on an unstated premise presumed to be shared by the speaker & audience:

Answer Options:
Enthymeme, Techne, Endoxa, Syllogism

Answer: Enthymeme

 

Question: According to Plato, rhetoric is a sham art that deceives people into believing that it is this true art:

Answer Options:
Persuasion, Virtue, Justice, Legislation

Answer: Virtue

 

Question: A type of rhetorical proof focused on making rational arguments:

Answer Options:
Kairos, Logos, Ethos, Pathos

Answer: Logos

 

Question: Organized perspectives on rhetoric’s principles, social functions, and processes:

Answer Options:
Rhetorical discourse, Rhetorical theory, Rhetorical analysis, Rhetorician

Answer: Rhetorical theory

 

Question: This Renaissance-era invention helped to make rhetorical texts more widely accessible:

Answer Options:
Stasis system, Printing press, Large ships, Notary

Answer: Printing press

 

Question: The Greek term for “true art”:

Answer Options:
aretē, epistemē, doxa, technē

Answer: technē