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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 is soon killed.
(b) He is punished by law.
(c) He becomes greedy.
(d) He becomes a tyrant.

3. Near the end of X.3, Aristotle says that no one would choose to live their lives having the thinking of what sort of person?
(a) An animal.
(b) A woman.
(c) A moron.
(d) A child.

4. In what period of life does Aristotle state that the friendship of utility most frequently appears?
(a) Old age.
(b) Middle age.
(c) One's prime.
(d) Youth.

5. What quality does Aristotle state is involved in friendship in IX.6?
(a) Altruisim.
(b) A lack of jealousy.
(c) Like-mindedness.
(d) Severity of character.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many powers of the soul does Aristotle claim disclose truth by discursive reasoning?

2. What virtue does Aristotle state is concerned with the same things, and is present in the same things, as friendship?

3. By doing what, in the opinion of Aristotle, does man make himself a certain sort of person?

4. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in deficiency of the virtue of courage?

5. Who is the worst person in the community in Aristotle's judgment?

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