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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle states in I.6 that it is nobler to give the higher honor to which of the following?
(a) One's friends.
(b) The state.
(c) One's self.
(d) The truth.

2. Amongst what age group does Aristotle report observing friendships forming less frequently?
(a) Children.
(b) The middle-aged.
(c) The youth.
(d) The elderly.

3. By doing what, in the opinion of Aristotle, does man make himself a certain sort of person?
(a) Desiring.
(b) Opining.
(c) Choosing.
(d) Wishing.

4. With what is V.10 concerned?
(a) The distributable.
(b) The aristocracy.
(c) The equitable.
(d) The oligarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What extreme is most comparable to the virtue of courage in the opinion of Aristotle?

2. What is demonstrated, in Aristotle's perspective, by the person who calmly bears misfortunes and sufferings?

3. What does Aristotle, in VIII.5, say causes forgetfulness of friendship?

4. What word, by the description of Aristotle, well-describes the person who considers himself worthy of great things, or to be magnanimous, but is not?

5. In what sort of friendship are there no complaints, according to the view of Aristotle?

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