1. What fact does Aristotle point to in support of the hypothesis that living itself is a good?
(a) That good men desire good things.
(b) That the best things are living.
(c) That without life there can be no other goods.
(d) That all men desire to live.

2. With what virtue is III.10 concerned?
(a) Courage.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Magnanimity.
(d) Prudence.

3. What person does Aristotle claim most notably feels love just in knowing a person, and not in receiving love returned?
(a) A mother.
(b) A spouse.
(c) A father.
(d) A just ruler.

4. In what city alone does Aristotle say that the lawgiver has taken care for upbringing and virtuous exercises?
(a) Crete.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Athens.

5. Aristotle states that one suffers injustice willingly in what situation?
(a) In situations of poverty.
(b) In situations of sacrifice.
(c) In no situation.
(d) In situations of judgment.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the opinion of Aristotle, what is the governing and most masterful art under which all others fall, according to I.2?

3. In Aristotle's thinking, the function of man is an activity of soul which follows upon or implies the soul's possession of what?

4. What does Aristotle claim is the most frightening thing in III.6?

5. What two things does Aristotle state are linked together in the beginning of X.8?

(see the answer key)

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