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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the natural sorts of active conditions of the human person need, by Aristotle's observations, in order to be used for the good?
(a) Fear.
(b) Camaraderie.
(c) Moral virtue.
(d) Governance.

2. In VIII.12, Aristotle states that every sort of friendship is in what?
(a) A government.
(b) A community.
(c) A family.
(d) A marriage.

3. According to Aristotle, the highest good must be something that is what?
(a) Complete.
(b) Difficult to obtain.
(c) Easily obtained.
(d) Incomplete.

4. Which word adequately indicates the character of the man whose vice is in opposition to that of the braggart, according to Aristotle's description?
(a) Congenial.
(b) Lecherous.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Ironic.

5. Which of the following words least accurately describes the virtue that is the topic of IV.5?
(a) Passivity.
(b) Mildness.
(c) Good temper.
(d) Gentleness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What determines the proper level of affection that one ought to give another, according to Aristotle?

2. What did the Pythagoreans say is simply just?

3. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in excess of the virtue of courage?

4. What is the immediate source of action, according to Aristotle in VI.2?

5. What is the literal prize for boxers, according to Aristotle in III.9?

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