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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which power of the soul does Aristotle describe in VI.11 as being concerned with both the beginning and the end?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Art.
(c) Practical judgment.
(d) Intellect.

2. What sort of men, in Aristotle's observations, are most confident in the various situations of war?
(a) The naturally courageous.
(b) The ignorant.
(c) The reckless.
(d) The experienced.

3. 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.

4. By what means, according to Aristotle in V.5, does a community or a city stay together?
(a) Housebuilding.
(b) Religion.
(c) Exchange.
(d) Slavery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what is the virtue of generosity concerned, according to Aristotle?

3. Which of the powers of the soul that Aristotle claims is used to disclose truth is directed at the sources of truth?

4. Of what two elements does Aristotle determine that wisdom is composed?

5. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?

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