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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many kinds of things does Aristotle say there are that must be avoided, having to do with one's character?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) A thousand.
(d) Five.

2. In what way does Aristotle claim the incontinent person is unlike the vicious?
(a) The latter acts through choice.
(b) The former is ignorant.
(c) The latter is ignorant.
(d) The former acts through choice.

3. In Aristotle's thinking, the function of man is an activity of soul which follows upon or implies the soul's possession of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Reason.
(d) Temperance.

4. How many types of justice are discussed in V.4?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. Concerning what do Aristotle and Socrates have a disagreement regarding the things that must be avoided that have to do with one's character?
(a) Pride.
(b) Animality.
(c) Vice.
(d) Incontinence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of person is opposite, in the opinion of Aristotle, the person who is soft?

2. About what good and aim of politics do people commonly dispute, according to Aristotle?

3. By their intelligent deliberations, concerning what are those who have practical judgment distinguished from others, according to Aristotle's philosophical inquiry?

4. Which word adequately indicates the character of the man whose vice is in opposition to that of the braggart, according to Aristotle's description?

5. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?

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