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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Deliberation, as Aristotle states in VI.9, is a kind of what?
(a) Act.
(b) Inquiry.
(c) Choice.
(d) Decision.

3. To whom does man look concerning things good and bad, as stated by Aristotle in VII.11?
(a) The philosopher.
(b) The politician.
(c) The rhetorician.
(d) The lawyer.

4. When will virtuous upbringing and exercises no longer be painful in the theory of Aristotle?
(a) When they are habitual.
(b) When the world ends.
(c) When there is a just ruler.
(d) When they are enforced by law.

5. Whom does Aristotle reference as taking in payment whatever his student desired to pay for the knowledge he would learn?
(a) Empedocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Anaximenes.
(d) Protagoras.

6. By their intelligent deliberations, concerning what are those who have practical judgment distinguished from others, according to Aristotle's philosophical inquiry?
(a) Acquiring power.
(b) Living well.
(c) Avoiding problems.
(d) Making money.

7. Among what sort of people does Aristotle regard mutual and equal friendships complete in all respects?
(a) Elderly people.
(b) Free people.
(c) Alike people.
(d) Virtuous people.

8. What sort of person is opposite, in the opinion of Aristotle, the person who is soft?
(a) The continent person.
(b) The self-restrained person.
(c) The enduring person.
(d) The virtuous person.

9. What two things does Aristotle state are linked together in the beginning of X.8?
(a) Practical judgment and moral virtue.
(b) Moral virtue and art.
(c) Practical judgment and feelings.
(d) Moral virtue and wisdom.

10. Aristotle states that food is more pleasant than gold to what?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A wealthy man.
(d) A child.

11. What sort of rule is opposite to that of a just monarch, according to the observations of Aristotle?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Tyranny.
(c) Republicanism.
(d) Aristocracy.

12. Words that concern things such as feelings and actions are less believable than what, according to Aristotle?
(a) Feelings themselves.
(b) Actions themselves.
(c) Words concerning being.
(d) Words concerning judgments.

13. In VIII.12, Aristotle states that every sort of friendship is in what?
(a) A community.
(b) A marriage.
(c) A government.
(d) A family.

14. Without what power of the soul does Aristotle state there cannot be a governing part of the soul?
(a) Art.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Practical judgment.

15. With what sort of artists does Aristotle draw a comparison concerning the incontinent?
(a) Sculptors.
(b) Singers.
(c) Painters.
(d) Actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aristotle state is akin to friendship in the beginning of IX.5?

2. Aristotle notes that each political constitution involves friendship to the same degree that it involves what?

3. Who, in the view of Aristotle, is incapable of having the sort of friendship described in IX.4?

4. In what status of life is having good friends considered beautiful by Aristotle in IX.11?

5. Aristotle states in X.4 that a change of place is what?

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