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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Vulgar.
(b) Vain.
(c) Proud.
(d) High-minded.

3. Aristotle says that the magnanimous man cares more for what than for people's opinions?
(a) Fame.
(b) Truth.
(c) Respect.
(d) Money.

4. With what power of the soul does Aristotle state that astuteness shares its concern?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Practical judgment.

5. Which power of the soul does Aristotle describe in VI.11 as being concerned with both the beginning and the end?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Art.
(c) Practical judgment.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is the second part of the reasoning part of the soul concerned in the view of Aristotle?

2. How many types of justice are discussed in V.4?

3. How does Aristotle say the lawmakers ought to treat people who act beautifully?

4. By doing what, in the opinion of Aristotle, does man make himself a certain sort of person?

5. What sort of person is opposite, in the opinion of Aristotle, the person who is soft?

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