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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sorts of political justice are there by the count of Aristotle?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

2. What sort of person is opposite, in the opinion of Aristotle, the person who is soft?
(a) The continent person.
(b) The virtuous person.
(c) The enduring person.
(d) The self-restrained person.

3. While in the throes of true friendship, Aristotle states at the end of Book IX that one has the same relationship with a friend as he does with whom?
(a) His lover.
(b) His father.
(c) Himself.
(d) His god.

4. What person does Aristotle claim most notably feels love just in knowing a person, and not in receiving love returned?
(a) A just ruler.
(b) A spouse.
(c) A mother.
(d) A father.

5. Concerning what do Aristotle and Socrates have a disagreement regarding the things that must be avoided that have to do with one's character?
(a) Animality.
(b) Vice.
(c) Pride.
(d) Incontinence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without what power of the soul does Aristotle state there cannot be a governing part of the soul?

2. What two forces does Aristotle claim determine the strength of an obligation to another person, in a situation where there is a conflict, according to IX.2?

3. How do lawmakers make citizens good in the opinion of Aristotle?

4. In Aristotle's view, what virtue necessarily accompanies or is within the virtue of magnificence?

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

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