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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sorts of political justice are there by the count of Aristotle?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. In addition to vices of the soul, what other negative condition does Aristotle say comes about willingly in some people, in III.5?
(a) Corruptions of the body.
(b) Corruptions of the community.
(c) Insufficiency of the intellect.
(d) Public indecency.

3. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?
(a) Love and hatred.
(b) Knowledge and ignorance.
(c) Fear and confidence.
(d) Cowardice and rage.

4. What is a suitable category, in Aristotle's view, in which to place the feeling of shame?
(a) Vices.
(b) Virtues.
(c) Conditional values.
(d) Feelings.

5. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?
(a) Oneself.
(b) Others.
(c) The state.
(d) The community.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of person is he who brings food fit for a wedding to a small dinner, according to Aristotle?

2. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in excess of the virtue of courage?

3. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in deficiency of the virtue of courage?

4. From what does being in bad shape come to be evident, according to Aristotle?

5. Which power of the soul does Aristotle describe in VI.11 as being concerned with both the beginning and the end?

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