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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the immediate source of action, according to Aristotle in VI.2?
(a) Need.
(b) Sense.
(c) Desire.
(d) Choice.

3. With what virtue is III.10 concerned?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Courage.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Magnanimity.

4. What does Aristotle claim is the most frightening thing in III.6?
(a) Illness.
(b) Hell.
(c) Old age.
(d) Death.

5. What is a suitable category, in Aristotle's view, in which to place the feeling of shame?
(a) Virtues.
(b) Vices.
(c) Conditional values.
(d) Feelings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many types of virtue does Aristotle claim exist at the beginning of Book II?

3. With what power of the soul does Aristotle state that astuteness shares its concern?

4. To whose undemonstrated statements and opinions ought people pay attention, according to Aristotle?

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

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