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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following aptly describes virtues and vices in a manner consistent with Aristotle's description?
(a) Predispositions.
(b) Intellectual states.
(c) Active conditions.
(d) Feelings.

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

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

4. For Aristotle, the good of the human person is the activity of the soul in accordance with what?
(a) The most complete virtue.
(b) The free exercise of the will.
(c) The acquisition of power.
(d) Radical autonomy.

5. In addition to the life of pleasure and the life of politics, what is the third sort of life that Aristotle mentions?
(a) The hermetical life.
(b) The life of servitude.
(c) The life of rebellion.
(d) The contemplative life.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what does every action seem to aim, according to Aristotle?

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

3. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a feeling that comes to be present in the soul?

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

5. Where is the source of a willing act located, according to Aristotle?

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