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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the source of a willing act located, according to Aristotle?
(a) External to oneself.
(b) In one's nature.
(c) In oneself.
(d) In one's disposition.

2. According to Aristotle, what is the mean condition between the vices of wastefulness and stinginess?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Prudence.

3. To whom, or what, does Aristotle say the person who commits suicide is being unjust?
(a) His teachers.
(b) The gods.
(c) Himself.
(d) The city.

4. What, according to Aristotle in the beginning of V.6, makes an act unjust without necessarily making the person who commits it unjust?
(a) Choice.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Passion.
(d) Deliberation.

5. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?
(a) The action of pain.
(b) The activity of the will.
(c) The action of pleasure.
(d) The inactivity of the mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle states in I.6 that it is nobler to give the higher honor to which of the following?

2. According to Aristotle, the highest good must be something that is what?

3. The attainment of serious moral stature is described by Aristotle in II.9 as being what?

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

5. Which of the following does Aristotle explicitly claim is better than acting unjustly in V.11?

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