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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what do most people take refuge, according to the theory proposed by Aristotle, rather than perform virtuous acts?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Vice.
(c) Talk.
(d) Pleasure.

2. According to Aristotle, the highest good must be something that is what?
(a) Complete.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Difficult to obtain.
(d) Easily obtained.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the things that must be avoided, having to do with one's character, according to Aristotle's claims in the beginning of VII.1?
(a) Incontinence.
(b) Animality.
(c) Pride.
(d) Vice.

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

5. How many kinds of things does Aristotle say there are that must be avoided, having to do with one's character?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Three.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Aristotle, what is the mean condition between the vices of wastefulness and stinginess?

3. With what power of the soul does Aristotle state that astuteness shares its concern?

4. Which of the following does Aristotle not list as a theory of that by which happiness comes about?

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?

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