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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what sort of friendship are there no complaints, according to the view of Aristotle?
(a) Utility.
(b) Familial.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Virtue.

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

4. Which of the following does Aristotle explicitly claim is better than acting unjustly in V.11?
(a) Justly treating others.
(b) Being treated justly.
(c) Avoiding all injustice.
(d) Suffering injustice.

5. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?
(a) Active conditions.
(b) Predispositions.
(c) Intellectual states.
(d) Feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kind of incontinence is least blameless, according to Aristotle's claims in VII.6?

2. From what does being in bad shape come to be evident, according to Aristotle?

3. With what is temperance principally concerned in the mind of Aristotle?

4. In what do most people take refuge, according to the theory proposed by Aristotle, rather than perform virtuous acts?

5. When do people eat snacks the most in theaters, according to Aristotle in X.5?

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