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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which kind of incontinence is least blameless, according to Aristotle's claims in VII.6?
(a) That from spiritedness.
(b) That from viciousness.
(c) That from scheming.
(d) That from desires.

2. Living in accordance with virtue can be said to be what, according to Aristotle?
(a) Remarkably easy.
(b) Always difficult.
(c) Pleasant in itself.
(d) Almost impossible.

3. When will virtuous upbringing and exercises no longer be painful in the theory of Aristotle?
(a) When they are habitual.
(b) When there is a just ruler.
(c) When the world ends.
(d) When they are enforced by law.

4. Art, in the opinion of Aristotle, is concerned with what, according to VI.4?
(a) Fate.
(b) Action.
(c) Chance.
(d) Making.

5. In exchange for what is it perhaps enough, according to IX.1, to give what one can in return?
(a) Knowledge of the gods.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Mathematical learning.
(d) Health.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what virtue does Aristotle credit Eudoxus in X.2?

2. What sort of men, in Aristotle's observations, are most confident in the various situations of war?

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

4. How do lawmakers make citizens good in the opinion of Aristotle?

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

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