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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many conditions does Aristotle list as necessary for an act to be performed virtuously?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

2. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?
(a) Violent.
(b) Obdurate.
(c) Obsequious.
(d) Incoherent.

3. 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 servitude.
(d) The life of rebellion.

4. With what is the virtue of generosity concerned, according to Aristotle?
(a) Possessions.
(b) Fame.
(c) Money.
(d) Time.

5. What characterizes the mean condition between the two extremes discussed in IV.7?
(a) Nobility.
(b) Truthfulness.
(c) Modesty.
(d) Cleverness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What extreme is most comparable to the virtue of courage in the opinion of Aristotle?

2. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of Aristotle's magnanimous man?

3. According to the Pythagoreans, the good belongs to what?

4. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?

5. According to Aristotle, what is the mean condition between the vices of wastefulness and stinginess?

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