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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sort of political justice is most universal in Aristotle's view?
(a) Empirical.
(b) Contractual.
(c) Natural.
(d) Conventional.

2. A buffoon is described by Aristotle in IV.8 as someone who goes to extremes in order to make someone else do what?
(a) Abjure the gods.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Steal.

3. Who is the worst person in the community in Aristotle's judgment?
(a) One who uses virtue in relation to himself and ignores others.
(b) One who uses vice in relation to himself alone.
(c) One who uses vice in relation to himself and others.
(d) One who uses vice in relation strictly to others.

4. In Aristotle's view, what virtue necessarily accompanies or is within the virtue of magnificence?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Justice.
(c) Piety.
(d) Generosity.

5. To whom does man look concerning things good and bad, as stated by Aristotle in VII.11?
(a) The lawyer.
(b) The rhetorician.
(c) The politician.
(d) The philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following conditions does Aristotle compare the incontinent person in VII.10?

2. To whom, or what, does Aristotle say the person who commits suicide is being unjust?

3. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?

4. Amongst what age group does Aristotle report observing friendships forming less frequently?

5. About what does man deliberate, according to Aristotle in III.3?

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