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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 as a child needs an instructor, so too do the desiring parts of the soul need what?
(a) A body.
(b) Rest.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Reason.

2. In addition to the life of pleasure and the life of politics, what is the third sort of life that Aristotle mentions?
(a) The hermetical life.
(b) The contemplative life.
(c) The life of rebellion.
(d) The life of servitude.

3. From Aristotle's perspective, against the yardstick of what do men generally compare their actions?
(a) The archetypal man.
(b) Pleasure and pain.
(c) Truth and falsity.
(d) Vice and virtue.

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

5. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of good things in I.6?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?

4. In addition to vices of the soul, what other negative condition does Aristotle say comes about willingly in some people, in III.5?

5. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?

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