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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?
(a) Fear and confidence.
(b) Love and hatred.
(c) Knowledge and ignorance.
(d) Cowardice and rage.

2. The irrational part of the soul is said by Aristotle to be how many fold?
(a) Four-fold.
(b) Three-fold.
(c) Two-fold.
(d) Manifold.

3. Which alone among the virtues seems, for Aristotle, to be someone else's good?
(a) Courage.
(b) Justice.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Magnanimity.

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

5. For Aristotle, the good of the human person is the activity of the soul in accordance with what?
(a) The free exercise of the will.
(b) Radical autonomy.
(c) The acquisition of power.
(d) The most complete virtue.

6. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of the mean in II.6?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

7. What characterizes the mean condition between the two extremes discussed in IV.7?
(a) Truthfulness.
(b) Cleverness.
(c) Nobility.
(d) Modesty.

8. Which word adequately indicates the character of the man whose vice is in opposition to that of the braggart, according to Aristotle's description?
(a) Congenial.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Lecherous.
(d) Ironic.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Predispositions.
(c) Active conditions.
(d) Intellectual states.

15. By what means, according to Aristotle in V.5, does a community or a city stay together?
(a) Exchange.
(b) Religion.
(c) Housebuilding.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. By human excellence, Aristotle means what?

2. How many sorts of political justice are there by the count of Aristotle?

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

4. According to Aristotle, what is the mean condition between the vices of wastefulness and stinginess?

5. For what do praise and blame come about, according to Aristotle in III.1?

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