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

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

3. In I.12, Aristotle states that praise belongs properly to what?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Divinity.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Effort.

4. What is the virtuous disposition most directly concerned, for Aristotle, with playfulness and humor?
(a) Wit.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Pleasantness.
(d) Charm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word, by the description of Aristotle, well-describes the person who considers himself worthy of great things, or to be magnanimous, but is not?

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

3. At what does every action seem to aim, according to Aristotle?

4. In what do most people take refuge, according to the theory proposed by Aristotle, rather than perform virtuous acts?

5. In contrast to wishing, which is for an end, for what is choosing in Aristotle's philosophical view?

(see the answer key)

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