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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By human excellence, Aristotle means what?
(a) That which belongs to the individual.
(b) That which belongs to the soul.
(c) That which belongs to the body.
(d) That which belongs to mankind.

2. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?
(a) Others.
(b) The state.
(c) Oneself.
(d) The community.

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

4. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?
(a) With honor.
(b) With contempt.
(c) With lavish praise.
(d) With caution.

5. About what good and aim of politics do people commonly dispute, according to Aristotle?
(a) Power.
(b) Justice.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Living in accordance with virtue can be said to be what, according to Aristotle?

2. What two things does Aristotle define as contraries in II.8?

3. In Aristotle's view, the sort of virtue which is concerned with pleasures and pains belongs to what?

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

5. Aristotle states in I.6 that it is nobler to give the higher honor to which of the following?

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