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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of the mean in II.6?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?
(a) Predispositions.
(b) Active conditions.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Intellectual states.

4. To whose undemonstrated statements and opinions ought people pay attention, according to Aristotle?
(a) The wise and powerful.
(b) The quick-witted and youthful.
(c) The teachers of the youth.
(d) The experienced and elderly.

5. With what power of the soul does Aristotle state that astuteness shares its concern?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Practical judgment.

Short Answer Questions

1. The irrational part of the soul is said by Aristotle to be how many fold?

2. What is the immediate source of action, according to Aristotle in VI.2?

3. What, according to Aristotle in the beginning of V.6, makes an act unjust without necessarily making the person who commits it unjust?

4. For what does Aristotle blame people when it comes to money, honor, victory, and gain?

5. Who is the source of action, according to Aristotle, of one who acts from spiritedness?

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