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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Poetry.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Politics.

2. Who, in the opinion of Aristotle, is benefited by a stingy person?
(a) Himself.
(b) Everyone.
(c) No one.
(d) The rich.

3. What sort of person is he who brings food fit for a wedding to a small dinner, according to Aristotle?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Vulgar.
(c) Magnificent.
(d) Generous.

4. What determines, according to Aristotle's arguments in V.8, the justice or injustice of one's actions?
(a) Whether or not it is done willingly.
(b) Whether or not it deals with the community.
(c) Whether or not it deals with the whole person.
(d) Whether or not it is reciprocated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does being in bad shape come to be evident, according to Aristotle?

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

3. In Aristotle's thinking, the function of man is an activity of soul which follows upon or implies the soul's possession of what?

4. Which sort of political justice is most universal in Aristotle's view?

5. What does Aristotle claim is the most frightening thing in III.6?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what virtuous dispositions are Book IV, Chapters 6-9 concerned?

2. In what way does Aristotle claim gentleness (or mildness) is related to the virtues concerned with honor and magnanimity?

3. Explain Aristotle's distinction between the good and the apparent good, and those who pursue each, as given in III.4.

4. In what way does Aristotle state that it is impossible for one to do injustice to himself?

5. What is the distinction Aristotle makes between magnificence and generosity?

6. The magnanimous man is concerned with what things and in what manner, according to Aristotle?

7. What is the significance of the quasi-virtues mentioned by Aristotle in the last part of II.7?

8. According to Aristotle, in what way is justice reciprocal, and why?

9. What is the relationship that Aristotle claims exists between the virtues of courage and temperance?

10. What are the conditions Aristotle gives for properly calling someone happy in Book I, Chapter 9, and why does he give these?

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