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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is IX.3 concerned?
(a) The corruption of friendships.
(b) The distribution of goods to friends.
(c) The accepting of goods from friends.
(d) The eternity of friendships.

2. In how many ways are things called courage according to Aristotle in Book Three?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

3. How many types of justice are discussed in V.4?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

4. What is the immediate source of action, according to Aristotle in VI.2?
(a) Desire.
(b) Choice.
(c) Sense.
(d) Need.

5. The equitable distribution of justice is a certain kind of what, according to Aristotle?
(a) Excess.
(b) Deficiency.
(c) Proportion.
(d) Exactness of arithmetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what period of life does Aristotle state that the friendship of utility most frequently appears?

2. Aristotle claims that a man is inspired to take more than his due out of which vice?

3. What person does Aristotle claim most notably feels love just in knowing a person, and not in receiving love returned?

4. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?

5. What sort of relationship does Aristotle claim is impossible for people who do not have the quality mentioned at the beginning of IX.5?

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