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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word, by the description of Aristotle, well-describes the person who considers himself worthy of great things, or to be magnanimous, but is not?
(a) Proud.
(b) High-minded.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Vain.

2. What do the natural sorts of active conditions of the human person need, by Aristotle's observations, in order to be used for the good?
(a) Fear.
(b) Governance.
(c) Camaraderie.
(d) Moral virtue.

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

4. Which of the following sort of expenditures does Aristotle NOT consider to be honorably magnificent?
(a) Fitting a warship.
(b) Hosting a private wedding.
(c) Giving a splendid civic feast.
(d) Devotion to the gods.

5. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?
(a) The inactivity of the mind.
(b) The action of pleasure.
(c) The action of pain.
(d) The activity of the will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the source of action, according to Aristotle, of one who acts from spiritedness?

2. How many powers of the soul does Aristotle claim disclose truth by discursive reasoning?

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

4. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in excess of the virtue of courage?

5. How many types of justice are discussed in V.4?

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