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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Truthful.
(c) Lecherous.
(d) Ironic.

2. For the sake of what does Aristotle state the courageous person endures the fearful?
(a) The beautiful.
(b) His family.
(c) Himself.
(d) The gods.

3. Which of the following intellectual virtues does Aristotle say the incontinent person cannot have, at the beginning of VII.10?
(a) Practical judgment.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Art.
(d) Intellect.

4. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a theory of that by which happiness comes about?
(a) Learning.
(b) Divine providence.
(c) Training.
(d) Biological nature.

5. Aristotle says in IX.10 that too many friendships of what type are obstacles to living beautifully?
(a) Utility.
(b) All types.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of pleasures are said by Aristotle to not have an excess?

2. With what is the virtue that Aristotle describes in IV.4 concerned?

3. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?

4. 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?

5. What is a fitting word for the capacity that Aristotle describes as allowing people to easily achieve one's goal or object?

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