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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following intellectual virtues does Aristotle say the incontinent person cannot have, at the beginning of VII.10?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Practical judgment.
(d) Art.

2. Which two thinkers does Aristotle reference in X.8 concerning the nature of those who are happy?
(a) Aeschylus and Parmenides.
(b) Plato and Empedocles.
(c) Socrates and Anaximander.
(d) Solon and Anaxagoras.

3. How many kinds of things does Aristotle say there are that must be avoided, having to do with one's character?
(a) Twelve.
(b) A thousand.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. With what is temperance principally concerned in the mind of Aristotle?
(a) Intellectual virtue.
(b) Pleasures.
(c) Sexual deviance.
(d) Pains.

5. Which of the following words least accurately describes the virtue that is the topic of IV.5?
(a) Gentleness.
(b) Mildness.
(c) Passivity.
(d) Good temper.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the beginnings of what consideration does Aristotle end the Ethics?

2. Aristotle states, in Book VIII, that friendship is a kind of what?

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

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

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

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