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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?
(a) With lavish praise.
(b) With contempt.
(c) With honor.
(d) With caution.

2. The irrational part of the soul is said by Aristotle to be how many fold?
(a) Four-fold.
(b) Three-fold.
(c) Two-fold.
(d) Manifold.

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

4. At what does every action seem to aim, according to Aristotle?
(a) Some profit.
(b) Another action.
(c) Some good.
(d) Some target.

5. Aristotle states that as a child needs an instructor, so too do the desiring parts of the soul need what?
(a) Reason.
(b) Rest.
(c) A body.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. The attainment of serious moral stature is described by Aristotle in II.9 as being what?

2. From Aristotle's perspective, against the yardstick of what do men generally compare their actions?

3. In Aristotle's view, the sort of virtue which is concerned with pleasures and pains belongs to what?

4. What extreme is most comparable to the virtue of courage in the opinion of Aristotle?

5. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?

(see the answer key)

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