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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, in the view of Aristotle, is incapable of having the sort of friendship described in IX.4?
(a) A lustful person.
(b) A noble person.
(c) A base person.
(d) A superior person.

2. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Aristotle's magnanimous man?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Lack of wonderment.
(c) Slowness of movement.
(d) A deep voice.

3. How many things does Aristotle state there are in the soul that govern action and truth?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

5. In exchange for what is it perhaps enough, according to IX.1, to give what one can in return?
(a) Health.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Mathematical learning.
(d) Knowledge of the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aristotle, to what degree do the fortunes of one's family and friends likely impact the deceased?

2. With what is IX.3 concerned?

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

4. Which of the following intellectual virtues does Aristotle say the incontinent person cannot have, at the beginning of VII.10?

5. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?

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