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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does man deliberate, according to Aristotle in III.3?
(a) Things related to the means.
(b) Things related to the end.
(c) Things related to the self.
(d) The ends themselves.

2. What is the literal prize for boxers, according to Aristotle in III.9?
(a) A crown of leaves.
(b) A seat in the senate.
(c) A golden medal.
(d) A lordship.

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

4. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?
(a) Intellectual states.
(b) Predispositions.
(c) Active conditions.
(d) Feelings.

5. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the sake of what does Aristotle state the courageous person endures the fearful?

2. At what does every action seem to aim, according to Aristotle?

3. Living in accordance with virtue can be said to be what, according to Aristotle?

4. In the opinion of Aristotle, what is the governing and most masterful art under which all others fall, according to I.2?

5. What two things does Aristotle define as contraries in II.8?

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