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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what relationship, according to Aristotle, does friendship naturally appear?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) Man and animal.
(d) Parent and child.

2. In addition to vices of the soul, what other negative condition does Aristotle say comes about willingly in some people, in III.5?
(a) Corruptions of the community.
(b) Insufficiency of the intellect.
(c) Public indecency.
(d) Corruptions of the body.

3. Aristotle states that one suffers injustice willingly in what situation?
(a) In situations of judgment.
(b) In situations of sacrifice.
(c) In situations of poverty.
(d) In no situation.

4. With what sort of friendship is VIII.14 concerned?
(a) Familial friendships.
(b) Equal friendships.
(c) Unequal friendships.
(d) Virtuous friendships.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What virtue does Aristotle state is concerned with the same things, and is present in the same things, as friendship?

2. In what period of life does Aristotle state that the friendship of utility most frequently appears?

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

4. With what virtue is III.10 concerned?

5. Who is the worst person in the community in Aristotle's judgment?

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