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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the powers of the soul that Aristotle claims is used to disclose truth is directed at the sources of truth?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Practical judgment.

2. By human excellence, Aristotle means what?
(a) That which belongs to the body.
(b) That which belongs to the soul.
(c) That which belongs to the individual.
(d) That which belongs to mankind.

3. Which of the following sort of expenditures does Aristotle NOT consider to be honorably magnificent?
(a) Hosting a private wedding.
(b) Giving a splendid civic feast.
(c) Fitting a warship.
(d) Devotion to the gods.

4. How many powers of the soul does Aristotle claim disclose truth by discursive reasoning?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?
(a) Knowledge and ignorance.
(b) Cowardice and rage.
(c) Fear and confidence.
(d) Love and hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?

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

3. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?

4. By doing what, in the opinion of Aristotle, does man make himself a certain sort of person?

5. How many virtues does magnanimity require, for Aristotle, in order to be in a person?

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