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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in deficiency of the virtue of courage?
(a) Rashness.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Cowardice.

2. Where is the source of a willing act located, according to Aristotle?
(a) In oneself.
(b) In one's disposition.
(c) External to oneself.
(d) In one's nature.

3. By human excellence, Aristotle means what?
(a) That which belongs to the soul.
(b) That which belongs to the body.
(c) That which belongs to mankind.
(d) That which belongs to the individual.

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

5. 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) Another person.
(c) An animal.
(d) The world.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what do most people take refuge, according to the theory proposed by Aristotle, rather than perform virtuous acts?

2. What is demonstrated, in Aristotle's perspective, by the person who calmly bears misfortunes and sufferings?

3. According to Aristotle, to what degree do the fortunes of one's family and friends likely impact the deceased?

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

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

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