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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aristotle state is akin to friendship in the beginning of IX.5?
(a) Familial relationships.
(b) Love.
(c) Sound reason.
(d) Goodwill.

2. Aristotle states in X.4 that a change of place is what?
(a) An illusion, for there is no change of place.
(b) A circuit from one "where" to the same "where."
(c) An illusion, for everything is change.
(d) A motion from one "where" to another "where."

3. About what, concerning the virtues, might one raise a problem, as Aristotle states in VI.12?
(a) Their complementary nature.
(b) Their societal fecundity.
(c) Their veracity.
(d) Their usefulness.

4. With the beginnings of what consideration does Aristotle end the Ethics?
(a) Virtuous men.
(b) The human soul.
(c) Metaphysics.
(d) Political states.

5. In exchange for what is it perhaps enough, according to IX.1, to give what one can in return?
(a) Mathematical learning.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Health.
(d) Knowledge of the gods.

6. What sort of pleasures are said by Aristotle to not have an excess?
(a) Those that involve no pains.
(b) Those whose contraries are painful.
(c) Those that are pleasant to the virtuous.
(d) Those that are pleasureful incidentally.

7. Which of the powers of the soul that Aristotle claims is used to disclose truth is directed at the sources of truth?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Practical judgment.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Intellect.

8. With what sort of friendship is VIII.14 concerned?
(a) Virtuous friendships.
(b) Familial friendships.
(c) Unequal friendships.
(d) Equal friendships.

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

10. What sort of relationship does Aristotle claim is impossible for people who do not have the quality mentioned at the beginning of IX.5?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Mentorship.
(d) Parenting.

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

12. What does Aristotle say one must do in addition to knowing virtue?
(a) Contemplate virtue.
(b) Instruct others in virtue.
(c) Engage in discourse concerning virtue.
(d) Perform virtue.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what two elements does Aristotle determine that wisdom is composed?

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

3. What sort of people does Aristotle state seldom turn up in positions of power?

4. In X.1, Aristotle says that people educate the young by what two means?

5. Art, in the opinion of Aristotle, is concerned with what, according to VI.4?

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