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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what good and aim of politics do people commonly dispute, according to Aristotle?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Justice.

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

3. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of the mean in II.6?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. How do lawmakers make citizens good in the opinion of Aristotle?
(a) By informing their intellects.
(b) By giving them positive incentives.
(c) By threatening them with punishment.
(d) By habituating them.

5. In contrast to wishing, which is for an end, for what is choosing in Aristotle's philosophical view?
(a) Things related to the end.
(b) Things related to the self.
(c) Things related to the means.
(d) Things related to others.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the difficulty Aristotle cites concerning the praise and blame of the moral quality of the actions of others?

3. What does Aristotle claim is the most frightening thing in III.6?

4. How many conditions does Aristotle list as necessary for an act to be performed virtuously?

5. In how many ways are things called courage according to Aristotle in Book Three?

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