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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what do most people take refuge, according to the theory proposed by Aristotle, rather than perform virtuous acts?
(a) Vice.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Talk.
(d) Philosophy.

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

4. What two things does Aristotle define as contraries in II.8?
(a) Vice and virtue.
(b) The extremes and the mean.
(c) The median and the mean.
(d) The excess and deficiency.

5. In what status of life is having good friends considered beautiful by Aristotle in IX.11?
(a) Diurnal proceedings.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) Bad fortune.
(d) Unusual circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose undemonstrated statements and opinions ought people pay attention, according to Aristotle?

2. For what sort of living environment does Aristotle say the human being is meant in IX.9?

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

4. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?

5. Who, in the opinion of Aristotle, is benefited by a stingy person?

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