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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the literal prize for boxers, according to Aristotle in III.9?
(a) A lordship.
(b) A crown of leaves.
(c) A golden medal.
(d) A seat in the senate.

2. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Active conditions.
(c) Predispositions.
(d) Intellectual states.

3. In Aristotle's thinking, the function of man is an activity of soul which follows upon or implies the soul's possession of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Reason.
(d) Money.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a theory of that by which happiness comes about?

2. For Aristotle, the good of the human person is the activity of the soul in accordance with what?

3. In I.12, Aristotle states that praise belongs properly to what?

4. About what good and aim of politics do people commonly dispute, according to Aristotle?

5. What sort of men, in Aristotle's observations, are most confident in the various situations of war?

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