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

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) Freedom.
(b) A body.
(c) Rest.
(d) Reason.

2. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?
(a) Joy.
(b) Longing.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Fear.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in excess of the virtue of courage?

2. What sort of person is he who brings food fit for a wedding to a small dinner, according to Aristotle?

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

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

5. What does Aristotle claim is the most frightening thing in III.6?

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