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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two thinkers does Aristotle reference in X.8 concerning the nature of those who are happy?
(a) Plato and Empedocles.
(b) Socrates and Anaximander.
(c) Solon and Anaxagoras.
(d) Aeschylus and Parmenides.

2. With which of the following conditions does Aristotle compare the incontinent person in VII.10?
(a) Bloodlust.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Animality.
(d) Insanity.

3. With what power of the soul does Aristotle state that astuteness shares its concern?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Practical judgment.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Intellect.

4. According to Aristotle, by what means do particulars, with which practical judgment is concerned, become known?
(a) Reasonings.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Divinations.
(d) Intuitions.

5. In what city alone does Aristotle say that the lawgiver has taken care for upbringing and virtuous exercises?
(a) Crete.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Athens.
(d) Delphi.

6. 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.

7. When do people eat snacks the most in theaters, according to Aristotle in X.5?
(a) When there is a lot of dialogue.
(b) When the actors are good.
(c) When the actors are bad.
(d) When there is no dialogue.

8. Amongst what age group does Aristotle report observing friendships forming less frequently?
(a) The elderly.
(b) The middle-aged.
(c) The youth.
(d) Children.

9. What principally occupies the topic of discussion in X.6?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Work.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Recreation.

10. What does Aristotle, in VIII.5, say causes forgetfulness of friendship?
(a) Lust.
(b) Old age.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Absence.

11. How many senses of the word "good" does Aristotle discuss in VII.12?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

12. Who, in the view of Aristotle, is incapable of having the sort of friendship described in IX.4?
(a) A lustful person.
(b) A noble person.
(c) A base person.
(d) A superior person.

13. While in the throes of true friendship, Aristotle states at the end of Book IX that one has the same relationship with a friend as he does with whom?
(a) His father.
(b) Himself.
(c) His god.
(d) His lover.

14. With what is IX.3 concerned?
(a) The eternity of friendships.
(b) The corruption of friendships.
(c) The accepting of goods from friends.
(d) The distribution of goods to friends.

15. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that must be avoided, having to do with one's character, according to Aristotle's claims in the beginning of VII.1?
(a) Animality.
(b) Pride.
(c) Vice.
(d) Incontinence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without what power of the soul does Aristotle state there cannot be a governing part of the soul?

2. With what sort of friendship is VIII.14 concerned?

3. By what is the mean determined, according to Aristotle's analysis in the beginning of Book VI?

4. To whom does man look concerning things good and bad, as stated by Aristotle in VII.11?

5. What do the natural sorts of active conditions of the human person need, by Aristotle's observations, in order to be used for the good?

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