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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Amongst what age group does Aristotle report observing friendships forming less frequently?
(a) The middle-aged.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Children.
(d) The youth.

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

4. Which alone among the virtues seems, for Aristotle, to be someone else's good?
(a) Courage.
(b) Magnanimity.
(c) Justice.
(d) Temperance.

5. What, in the observations of Aristotle, becomes of a man who is given the power to rule and gives himself more of what is good in itself?
(a) He becomes a tyrant.
(b) He becomes greedy.
(c) He is punished by law.
(d) He is soon killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. From Aristotle's perspective, what sort of friendship do complaints and reproaches most frequently arise?

2. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?

3. With what is V.10 concerned?

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

5. With what sort of friendship is VIII.12 concerned?

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