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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Aristotle explicitly claim is better than acting unjustly in V.11?
(a) Being treated justly.
(b) Suffering injustice.
(c) Justly treating others.
(d) Avoiding all injustice.

2. From Aristotle's perspective, what sort of friendship do complaints and reproaches most frequently arise?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Familial.
(c) Utility.
(d) Virtue.

3. What did the Pythagoreans say is simply just?
(a) Distribution.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Equity.
(d) Reciprocity.

4. Aristotle states, in Book VIII, that friendship is a kind of what?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Vice.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Divinity.

5. With what is temperance principally concerned in the mind of Aristotle?
(a) Pleasures.
(b) Pains.
(c) Sexual deviance.
(d) Intellectual virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aristotle, in VIII.5, say causes forgetfulness of friendship?

2. With what two conditions is courage principally concerned, according to Aristotle?

3. Amongst what age group does Aristotle report observing friendships forming less frequently?

4. What is the literal prize for boxers, according to Aristotle in III.9?

5. With what sort of friendship is VIII.12 concerned?

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