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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From Aristotle's perspective, against the yardstick of what do men generally compare their actions?
(a) The archetypal man.
(b) Vice and virtue.
(c) Truth and falsity.
(d) Pleasure and pain.

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

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

4. What is the literal prize for boxers, according to Aristotle in III.9?
(a) A crown of leaves.
(b) A lordship.
(c) A golden medal.
(d) A seat in the senate.

5. In the opinion of Aristotle, what is the governing and most masterful art under which all others fall, according to I.2?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Politics.

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

7. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?
(a) Obdurate.
(b) Obsequious.
(c) Incoherent.
(d) Violent.

8. 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 pain.
(c) The action of pleasure.
(d) The activity of the will.

9. The attainment of serious moral stature is described by Aristotle in II.9 as being what?
(a) Almost impossible.
(b) Natural.
(c) Impractical.
(d) Hard work.

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

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

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

13. About what good and aim of politics do people commonly dispute, according to Aristotle?
(a) Power.
(b) Justice.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Happiness.

14. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?
(a) The state.
(b) Oneself.
(c) Others.
(d) The community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is the virtue that Aristotle describes in IV.4 concerned?

2. About what does man deliberate, according to Aristotle in III.3?

3. Which of the following words least accurately describes the virtue that is the topic of IV.5?

4. What is demonstrated, in Aristotle's perspective, by the person who calmly bears misfortunes and sufferings?

5. What vice is, according to Aristotle, in excess of the virtue of courage?

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