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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Aristotle, by what means do particulars, with which practical judgment is concerned, become known?
(a) Divinations.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Reasonings.
(d) Intuitions.

2. In what status of life is having good friends considered beautiful by Aristotle in IX.11?
(a) Bad fortune.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) Unusual circumstances.
(d) Diurnal proceedings.

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

4. In what do most people take refuge, according to the theory proposed by Aristotle, rather than perform virtuous acts?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Vice.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Talk.

5. How many virtues does magnanimity require, for Aristotle, in order to be in a person?
(a) None of them.
(b) Most of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) Three of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do praise and blame come about, according to Aristotle in III.1?

2. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?

3. A buffoon is described by Aristotle in IV.8 as someone who goes to extremes in order to make someone else do what?

4. What determines the proper level of affection that one ought to give another, according to Aristotle?

5. How many types of justice are discussed in V.4?

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