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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle states in I.6 that it is nobler to give the higher honor to which of the following?
(a) The truth.
(b) One's self.
(c) The state.
(d) One's friends.

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

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

4. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?
(a) Others.
(b) The community.
(c) The state.
(d) Oneself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is the virtue that Aristotle describes in IV.4 concerned?

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

3. What is a suitable category, in Aristotle's view, in which to place the feeling of shame?

4. Living in accordance with virtue can be said to be what, according to Aristotle?

5. Concerning generosity, Aristotle says what concerning not taking something offered and giving something away?

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