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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle states, in Book VIII, that friendship is a kind of what?
(a) Divinity.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Vice.

2. Aristotle notes that each political constitution involves friendship to the same degree that it involves what?
(a) Trust.
(b) Justice.
(c) Truth.
(d) Benevolence.

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

4. What determines the proper level of affection that one ought to give another, according to Aristotle?
(a) Equality.
(b) Proportion.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What determines, according to Aristotle's arguments in V.8, the justice or injustice of one's actions?

2. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?

3. What does Aristotle claim is the most frightening thing in III.6?

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

5. Amongst what age group does Aristotle report observing friendships forming less frequently?

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