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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is the virtue that Aristotle describes in IV.4 concerned?
(a) Honor.
(b) Money.
(c) Truth.
(d) Justice.

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

3. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?
(a) Intellectual states.
(b) Predispositions.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Active conditions.

4. What is the literal prize for boxers, according to Aristotle in III.9?
(a) A crown of leaves.
(b) A lordship.
(c) A golden medal.
(d) A seat in the senate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of good things in I.6?

3. In I.12, Aristotle states that praise belongs properly to what?

4. How many virtues does magnanimity require, for Aristotle, in order to be in a person?

5. Aristotle says that the magnanimous man cares more for what than for people's opinions?

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