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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom, or what, does Aristotle say the person who commits suicide is being unjust?
(a) The gods.
(b) His teachers.
(c) The city.
(d) Himself.

2. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in deficiency of the virtue of courage?
(a) Gluttony.
(b) Rashness.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Cowardice.

3. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?
(a) Obsequious.
(b) Violent.
(c) Obdurate.
(d) Incoherent.

4. Which word adequately indicates the character of the man whose vice is in opposition to that of the braggart, according to Aristotle's description?
(a) Lecherous.
(b) Ironic.
(c) Congenial.
(d) Truthful.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Aristotle states that one suffers injustice willingly in what situation?

3. According to Aristotle, by what means do particulars, with which practical judgment is concerned, become known?

4. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?

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

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