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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle states that the good of one person is also, to a different degree, the good of what according to I.2?
(a) The city.
(b) An animal.
(c) The world.
(d) Another person.

2. What is demonstrated, in Aristotle's perspective, by the person who calmly bears misfortunes and sufferings?
(a) Something beautiful.
(b) Something futile.
(c) Something unpredictable.
(d) Something hideous.

3. The irrational part of the soul is said by Aristotle to be how many fold?
(a) Three-fold.
(b) Four-fold.
(c) Manifold.
(d) Two-fold.

4. For Aristotle, the good of the human person is the activity of the soul in accordance with what?
(a) The acquisition of power.
(b) Radical autonomy.
(c) The free exercise of the will.
(d) The most complete virtue.

5. In contrast to wishing, which is for an end, for what is choosing in Aristotle's philosophical view?
(a) Things related to the self.
(b) Things related to others.
(c) Things related to the end.
(d) Things related to the means.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?

3. By doing what, in the opinion of Aristotle, does man make himself a certain sort of person?

4. How many conditions does Aristotle list as necessary for an act to be performed virtuously?

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

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