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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many sorts of political justice are there by the count of Aristotle?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. Who is the worst person in the community in Aristotle's judgment?
(a) One who uses vice in relation strictly to others.
(b) One who uses virtue in relation to himself and ignores others.
(c) One who uses vice in relation to himself and others.
(d) One who uses vice in relation to himself alone.

4. In what period of life does Aristotle state that the friendship of utility most frequently appears?
(a) Old age.
(b) Middle age.
(c) Youth.
(d) One's prime.

5. Which of the following does Aristotle explicitly claim is better than acting unjustly in V.11?
(a) Justly treating others.
(b) Avoiding all injustice.
(c) Being treated justly.
(d) Suffering injustice.

Short Answer Questions

1. By doing what, in the opinion of Aristotle, does man make himself a certain sort of person?

2. With what sort of friendship is VIII.14 concerned?

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

4. In how many ways are things called courage according to Aristotle in Book Three?

5. What sort of rule is opposite to that of a just monarch, according to the observations of Aristotle?

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