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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of good things in I.6?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

3. How many sorts of political justice are there by the count of Aristotle?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

4. 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?
(a) High-minded.
(b) Proud.
(c) Vain.
(d) Vulgar.

5. In what does Aristotle say modern comedy consists, in IV.8?
(a) Foul language.
(b) Slapstick.
(c) Subtlety.
(d) Puns.

6. Aristotle says that the magnanimous man cares more for what than for people's opinions?
(a) Respect.
(b) Money.
(c) Truth.
(d) Fame.

7. Aristotle states that as a child needs an instructor, so too do the desiring parts of the soul need what?
(a) Reason.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Rest.
(d) A body.

8. In Aristotle's view, the sort of virtue which is concerned with pleasures and pains belongs to what?
(a) Communal.
(b) Character.
(c) Divine.
(d) Thinking.

9. With what is V.10 concerned?
(a) The oligarchy.
(b) The equitable.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) The distributable.

10. For the sake of what does Aristotle state the courageous person endures the fearful?
(a) His family.
(b) Himself.
(c) The beautiful.
(d) The gods.

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

12. According to Aristotle, what is the mean condition between the vices of wastefulness and stinginess?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Fortitude.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Temperance.

13. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?
(a) Joy.
(b) Longing.
(c) Fear.
(d) Knowledge.

14. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in excess of the virtue of courage?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Rashness.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Gluttony.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?

2. In I.12, Aristotle states that praise belongs properly to what?

3. What two things does Aristotle define as contraries in II.8?

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

5. With what virtue is III.10 concerned?

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