View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?
(a) With honor.
(b) With lavish praise.
(c) With contempt.
(d) With caution.

3. In addition to the life of pleasure and the life of politics, what is the third sort of life that Aristotle mentions?
(a) The contemplative life.
(b) The life of servitude.
(c) The hermetical life.
(d) The life of rebellion.

4. What is demonstrated, in Aristotle's perspective, by the person who calmly bears misfortunes and sufferings?
(a) Something beautiful.
(b) Something unpredictable.
(c) Something hideous.
(d) Something futile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that the magnanimous man cares more for what than for people's opinions?

2. What extreme is most comparable to the virtue of courage in the opinion of Aristotle?

3. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Aristotle's magnanimous man?

4. Which of the following sort of expenditures does Aristotle NOT consider to be honorably magnificent?

5. In addition to vices of the soul, what other negative condition does Aristotle say comes about willingly in some people, in III.5?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 251 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample