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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aristotle state is akin to friendship in the beginning of IX.5?
(a) Love.
(b) Sound reason.
(c) Goodwill.
(d) Familial relationships.

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

3. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a theory of that by which happiness comes about?
(a) Training.
(b) Learning.
(c) Biological nature.
(d) Divine providence.

4. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?
(a) The inactivity of the mind.
(b) The action of pleasure.
(c) The activity of the will.
(d) The action of pain.

5. What is a fitting word for the capacity that Aristotle describes as allowing people to easily achieve one's goal or object?
(a) Alacrity.
(b) Coherence.
(c) Sincerity.
(d) Cleverness.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what does every action seem to aim, according to Aristotle?

2. With which of the following conditions does Aristotle compare the incontinent person in VII.10?

3. How many kinds of things does Aristotle say there are that must be avoided, having to do with one's character?

4. The equitable distribution of justice is a certain kind of what, according to Aristotle?

5. In what does Aristotle say modern comedy consists, in IV.8?

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