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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the source of action, according to Aristotle, of one who acts from spiritedness?
(a) Nature.
(b) The one who angers the actor.
(c) The actor himself.
(d) The gods.

2. In Aristotle's view, what virtue necessarily accompanies or is within the virtue of magnificence?
(a) Piety.
(b) Justice.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Generosity.

3. What, in the observations of Aristotle, becomes of a man who is given the power to rule and gives himself more of what is good in itself?
(a) He becomes a tyrant.
(b) He is soon killed.
(c) He is punished by law.
(d) He becomes greedy.

4. What causes a distortion to come about in most people, according to the opinion of Aristotle in III.4?
(a) The action of pleasure.
(b) The activity of the will.
(c) The action of pain.
(d) The inactivity of the mind.

5. What word, by the description of Aristotle, well-describes the person who considers himself worthy of great things, or to be magnanimous, but is not?
(a) Proud.
(b) Vulgar.
(c) High-minded.
(d) Vain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Deliberation is, for Aristotle, principally about the things to be done by whom?

2. In how many ways does Aristotle speak of the mean in II.6?

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

4. Which of the following does Aristotle explicitly claim is better than acting unjustly in V.11?

5. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?

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