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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

3. In the opinion of Aristotle, what is the governing and most masterful art under which all others fall, according to I.2?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Politics.
(d) Philosophy.

4. With what is temperance principally concerned in the mind of Aristotle?
(a) Intellectual virtue.
(b) Pains.
(c) Pleasures.
(d) Sexual deviance.

5. How many conditions does Aristotle list as necessary for an act to be performed virtuously?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?

4. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?

5. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?

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