Question 1

We noted several ways in which science might be understood as rhetorical. Identify any two of these.

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Question 2

With what rhetorical form is Catherine of Sienna's name most closely associated?

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Question 3

What famed late-medieval figure, author of The City of the Ladies, is perhaps the first woman to make her living from writing?

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Question 4

Identify and briefly define any two qualities that characterize the type of discourse known as rhetoric as described in Chapter One (for example, rhetorical deals with contingent issues-so don't use that one).

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Question 5

Why was Gorgias so interested in the sounds of words? b. How is this interest related to his referring to himself as a psychagogos, and what does he seem to mean by the term? c. Of the various rhetorical traditions we have identified in class, to which does he belong?

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Question 6

The terms nomos and physis refer to two theories of where law or justice originates. Briefly, what do these two terms mean, and how do they reflect two different views of law?

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Question 7

What did the term techne mean to the Greeks? b. and c. Identify any two qualities of a techne that we discussed in class. In other words, what criteria did a practice or activity have to satisfy in order to be considered a techne?

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Question 8

Aristotle said that ethos consisted of three component parts, one of which was areté or virtue. The other two were phronesis and eunoia. a. What did Aristotle mean by ethos? b. What did he mean by phronesis? c. What did he mean by eunoia?

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Question 9

Some Sophists agreed with Aristotle that rhetoric started from endoxa. What is meant by endoxa?

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Question 10

What is Panhellenism? With which teacher of rhetoric in Athens is the idea associated?

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Question 11

Who was Aspasia?

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Question 12

What ancient Sophist does Michael Billig hold up to his readers as an example? b. What quality in this Sophist's theory does Billig particularly admire?

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Question 13

Chapter 1 overviews several definitions of rhetoric from various theorists. Provide the definition of rhetoric advanced by any two of the following writers: Wayne Booth, James J. Murphy, Richard Lanham, George Kennedy. Be sure to include the theorist's name in your answer.

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Question 14

What was isegoria to the Athenians?

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Question 15

What process did the term aporia refer to? How was it part of a method of thinking through a question?

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Quiz 12: Rhetoric and Ancient Greek Philosophy