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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what does Aristotle say modern comedy consists, in IV.8?
(a) Puns.
(b) Slapstick.
(c) Subtlety.
(d) Foul language.

2. With what is V.10 concerned?
(a) The oligarchy.
(b) The distributable.
(c) The equitable.
(d) The aristocracy.

3. Art, in the opinion of Aristotle, is concerned with what, according to VI.4?
(a) Making.
(b) Chance.
(c) Action.
(d) Fate.

4. With which of the following is politics imminently concerned, as described by Aristotle in I.3?
(a) The nature of justice.
(b) Foreign affairs.
(c) The nature of power.
(d) The codification of law.

5. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?
(a) With honor.
(b) With lavish praise.
(c) With caution.
(d) With contempt.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what means, according to Aristotle in V.5, does a community or a city stay together?

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

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

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

5. In Aristotle's thinking, the function of man is an activity of soul which follows upon or implies the soul's possession of what?

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