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Thinking Through Communication An Introduction to the Study of Human
Communication, 10E By Adam Roth, Brenton Malin, Sarah Trenholm
Chapter 1-13
Chapter 1 Test Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Communication has been a subject of systematic study for ___________.
a. at least 2,500 years.
b. approximately 1,500 years.
c. the last 500 years.
d. only the last 50 years.
Answer: a.
2. The formal study of communication began in ___________.
a. 5th century Sicily.
b. 6th century Athens.
c. 7th century Rome.
d. 20th century America.
Answer: a.
3. In ancient Greece, the study of communication was known as ___________.
a. paidagogos.
b. academics.
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,c. rhetoric.
d. pathos.
Answer: c.
4. The Lyceum was founded by ___________.
a. Plato.
b. Aristotle.
c. Alexander the Great.
d. Demosthenes.
Answer: b.
5. Pathos is ___________.
a. the study of persuasive communication.
b. the use of personal character to influence an audience.
c. the ability to arouse an audience‟s emotions.
d. the use of logic and argumentation during persuasion.
Answer: c.
6. Ethos is ___________.
a. the study of persuasive communication.
b. the use of personal character to influence an audience.
c. the ability to arouse an audience‟s emotions.
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,d. the use of logic and argumentation during persuasion.
Answer: b.
7. Logos is ___________.
a. the study of persuasive communication.
b. the use of personal character to influence an audience.
c. the ability to arouse an audience‟s emotions.
d. the use of logic and argumentation during persuasion.
Answer: d.
8. The classical period in the history of rhetoric lasted ___________.
a. from the 10th century BC to the 5th century BC.
b. from the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD.
c. from AD 400 to 1000.
d. from AD 1000 to 1600.
Answer: b.
9. The canons of rhetoric were ___________.
a. one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
b. judges who awarded prizes for rhetoric at annual competitions in Athens.
c. Greek legislators who took part in forensic argumentation.
d. one of the earliest models of communication.
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, Answer: d.
10. The canons of rhetoric were written in which period?
a. Classical.
b. Medieval.
c. Renaissance.
d. Contemporary.
Answer: a.
11. Belletristic rhetoric flourished in which period?
a. Classical.
b. Medieval.
c. Modern.
d. Contemporary.
Answer: c.
12. In which period were letter writing and preaching the core communication activities studied
by rhetoricians?
a. Classical.
b. Medieval.
c. Modern.
d. Contemporary.
Answer: b.
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Thinking Through Communication An Introduction to the Study of Human
Communication, 10E By Adam Roth, Brenton Malin, Sarah Trenholm
Chapter 1-13
Chapter 1 Test Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Communication has been a subject of systematic study for ___________.
a. at least 2,500 years.
b. approximately 1,500 years.
c. the last 500 years.
d. only the last 50 years.
Answer: a.
2. The formal study of communication began in ___________.
a. 5th century Sicily.
b. 6th century Athens.
c. 7th century Rome.
d. 20th century America.
Answer: a.
3. In ancient Greece, the study of communication was known as ___________.
a. paidagogos.
b. academics.
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,c. rhetoric.
d. pathos.
Answer: c.
4. The Lyceum was founded by ___________.
a. Plato.
b. Aristotle.
c. Alexander the Great.
d. Demosthenes.
Answer: b.
5. Pathos is ___________.
a. the study of persuasive communication.
b. the use of personal character to influence an audience.
c. the ability to arouse an audience‟s emotions.
d. the use of logic and argumentation during persuasion.
Answer: c.
6. Ethos is ___________.
a. the study of persuasive communication.
b. the use of personal character to influence an audience.
c. the ability to arouse an audience‟s emotions.
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,d. the use of logic and argumentation during persuasion.
Answer: b.
7. Logos is ___________.
a. the study of persuasive communication.
b. the use of personal character to influence an audience.
c. the ability to arouse an audience‟s emotions.
d. the use of logic and argumentation during persuasion.
Answer: d.
8. The classical period in the history of rhetoric lasted ___________.
a. from the 10th century BC to the 5th century BC.
b. from the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD.
c. from AD 400 to 1000.
d. from AD 1000 to 1600.
Answer: b.
9. The canons of rhetoric were ___________.
a. one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
b. judges who awarded prizes for rhetoric at annual competitions in Athens.
c. Greek legislators who took part in forensic argumentation.
d. one of the earliest models of communication.
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, Answer: d.
10. The canons of rhetoric were written in which period?
a. Classical.
b. Medieval.
c. Renaissance.
d. Contemporary.
Answer: a.
11. Belletristic rhetoric flourished in which period?
a. Classical.
b. Medieval.
c. Modern.
d. Contemporary.
Answer: c.
12. In which period were letter writing and preaching the core communication activities studied
by rhetoricians?
a. Classical.
b. Medieval.
c. Modern.
d. Contemporary.
Answer: b.
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