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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many virtues does magnanimity require, for Aristotle, in order to be in a person?
(a) All of them.
(b) Three of them.
(c) None of them.
(d) Most of them.

2. What virtue does Aristotle state is concerned with the same things, and is present in the same things, as friendship?
(a) Justice.
(b) Fortitude.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Magnanimity.

3. What person does Aristotle claim most notably feels love just in knowing a person, and not in receiving love returned?
(a) A mother.
(b) A just ruler.
(c) A father.
(d) A spouse.

4. What quality does Aristotle state is involved in friendship in IX.6?
(a) Altruisim.
(b) A lack of jealousy.
(c) Like-mindedness.
(d) Severity of character.

5. How many sorts of political justice are there by the count of Aristotle?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Aristotle blame people when it comes to money, honor, victory, and gain?

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

3. Aristotle claims that a man is inspired to take more than his due out of which vice?

4. In the loving of what does Aristotle state there is no reciprocity, in VIII.2?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that must be avoided, having to do with one's character, according to Aristotle's claims in the beginning of VII.1?

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