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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what do praise and blame come about, according to Aristotle in III.1?
(a) Predispositions.
(b) Habits.
(c) Willing actions.
(d) Unwilling actions.

2. Without what power of the soul does Aristotle state there cannot be a governing part of the soul?
(a) Art.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Practical judgment.
(d) Intellect.

3. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Fear.
(c) Joy.
(d) Longing.

4. What is the difficulty Aristotle cites concerning the praise and blame of the moral quality of the actions of others?
(a) Judging in relation to the mean.
(b) Distance from prejudice.
(c) Extrapolation of the truth.
(d) Restraint of the masses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opinion of Aristotle, what is the governing and most masterful art under which all others fall, according to I.2?

2. In addition to vices of the soul, what other negative condition does Aristotle say comes about willingly in some people, in III.5?

3. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of the mean in II.6?

4. With what is the second part of the reasoning part of the soul concerned in the view of Aristotle?

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

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