2. About what does man deliberate, according to Aristotle in III.3?
(a) Things related to the means.
(b) Things related to the end.
(c) The ends themselves.
(d) Things related to the self.

3. Concerning generosity, Aristotle says what concerning not taking something offered and giving something away?
(a) That neither is difficult.
(b) That not taking something offered is harder.
(c) That they are equally difficult.
(d) That giving something away is harder.

4. Aristotle states in I.6 that it is nobler to give the higher honor to which of the following?
(a) The state.
(b) One's self.
(c) One's friends.
(d) The truth.

5. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

6. In contrast to wishing, which is for an end, for what is choosing in Aristotle's philosophical view?
(a) Things related to the means.
(b) Things related to the end.
(c) Things related to others.
(d) Things related to the self.

7. What, according to Aristotle in the beginning of V.6, makes an act unjust without necessarily making the person who commits it unjust?
(a) Passion.
(b) Deliberation.
(c) Coercion.
(d) Choice.

8. How many types of justice are discussed in V.4?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

9. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?
(a) With lavish praise.
(b) With contempt.
(c) With honor.
(d) With caution.

10. What is demonstrated, in Aristotle's perspective, by the person who calmly bears misfortunes and sufferings?
(a) Something hideous.
(b) Something unpredictable.
(c) Something futile.
(d) Something beautiful.

11. What two things does Aristotle define as contraries in II.8?
(a) The extremes and the mean.
(b) The excess and deficiency.
(c) The median and the mean.
(d) Vice and virtue.

12. According to Aristotle, the highest good must be something that is what?
(a) Complete.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Easily obtained.
(d) Difficult to obtain.

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

14. With which of the following is politics imminently concerned, as described by Aristotle in I.3?
(a) The nature of power.
(b) The codification of law.
(c) Foreign affairs.
(d) The nature of justice.

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

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. Which sort of political justice is most universal in Aristotle's view?

3. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?

4. In Aristotle's view, the sort of virtue which is concerned with pleasures and pains belongs to what?

5. For the sake of what does Aristotle state the courageous person endures the fearful?

(see the answer keys)

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