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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

2. In Aristotle's view, the sort of virtue which is concerned with pleasures and pains belongs to what?
(a) Communal.
(b) Character.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Divine.

3. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?
(a) With lavish praise.
(b) With contempt.
(c) With honor.
(d) With caution.

4. The attainment of serious moral stature is described by Aristotle in II.9 as being what?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Natural.
(c) Impractical.
(d) Almost impossible.

5. According to Aristotle, what is the mean condition between the vices of wastefulness and stinginess?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Prudence.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Temperance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of men, in Aristotle's observations, are most confident in the various situations of war?

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

3. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?

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

5. In addition to the life of pleasure and the life of politics, what is the third sort of life that Aristotle mentions?

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