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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the virtuous disposition most directly concerned, for Aristotle, with playfulness and humor?
(a) Charm.
(b) Pleasantness.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Wit.

2. In Aristotle's thinking, the function of man is an activity of soul which follows upon or implies the soul's possession of what?
(a) Temperance.
(b) Reason.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

3. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a theory of that by which happiness comes about?
(a) Learning.
(b) Divine providence.
(c) Biological nature.
(d) Training.

4. With which of the following is politics imminently concerned, as described by Aristotle in I.3?
(a) The codification of law.
(b) The nature of power.
(c) Foreign affairs.
(d) The nature of justice.

5. In I.12, Aristotle states that praise belongs properly to what?
(a) Effort.
(b) Divinity.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Living in accordance with virtue can be said to be what, according to Aristotle?

2. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of good things in I.6?

3. According to Aristotle, the highest good must be something that is what?

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

5. What is demonstrated, in Aristotle's perspective, by the person who calmly bears misfortunes and sufferings?

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