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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the immediate source of action, according to Aristotle in VI.2?
(a) Desire.
(b) Sense.
(c) Need.
(d) Choice.

2. What, in the observations of Aristotle, becomes of a man who is given the power to rule and gives himself more of what is good in itself?
(a) He becomes a tyrant.
(b) He becomes greedy.
(c) He is punished by law.
(d) He is soon killed.

3. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?
(a) Oneself.
(b) The community.
(c) Others.
(d) The state.

4. What does Aristotle, in VIII.5, say causes forgetfulness of friendship?
(a) Lust.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Old age.
(d) Absence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?

2. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?

3. With what is the virtue of generosity concerned, according to Aristotle?

4. By what means, according to Aristotle in V.5, does a community or a city stay together?

5. For what does Aristotle blame people when it comes to money, honor, victory, and gain?

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