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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With which of the following conditions does Aristotle compare the incontinent person in VII.10?
(a) Insanity.
(b) Bloodlust.
(c) Animality.
(d) Drunkenness.

3. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Aristotle's magnanimous man?
(a) Lack of wonderment.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Slowness of movement.
(d) A deep voice.

4. Aristotle states that the good of one person is also, to a different degree, the good of what according to I.2?
(a) Another person.
(b) An animal.
(c) The world.
(d) The city.

5. With what is the second part of the reasoning part of the soul concerned in the view of Aristotle?
(a) Things that cannot be other than they are.
(b) Things that might be but are not at all.
(c) Things that can be other than they are.
(d) Things that can never be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What determines the proper level of affection that one ought to give another, according to Aristotle?

2. Who, in the opinion of Aristotle, is benefited by a stingy person?

3. Concerning generosity, Aristotle says what concerning not taking something offered and giving something away?

4. Friendship with whom is discussed in IX.4?

5. In what sort of life is self-sufficiency most present in the view of Aristotle?

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