Nicomachean Ethics Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Nicomachean Ethics Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Aristotle, to what degree do the fortunes of one's family and friends likely impact the deceased?
(a) An almost infinite amount.
(b) A small degree.
(c) No amount at all.
(d) A great degree.

2. In contrast to wishing, which is for an end, for what is choosing in Aristotle's philosophical view?
(a) Things related to the self.
(b) Things related to the means.
(c) Things related to others.
(d) Things related to the end.

3. Where is the source of a willing act located, according to Aristotle?
(a) In one's disposition.
(b) In one's nature.
(c) External to oneself.
(d) In oneself.

4. What sort of men, in Aristotle's observations, are most confident in the various situations of war?
(a) The naturally courageous.
(b) The reckless.
(c) The ignorant.
(d) The experienced.

5. Aristotle states that as a child needs an instructor, so too do the desiring parts of the soul need what?
(a) Rest.
(b) Freedom.
(c) A body.
(d) Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?

2. By human excellence, Aristotle means what?

3. With what virtue is III.10 concerned?

4. With what is temperance principally concerned in the mind of Aristotle?

5. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?

(see the answer key)

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