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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what two elements does Aristotle determine that wisdom is composed?
(a) Knowledge and intellect.
(b) Intellect and practical judgment.
(c) Practical judgment and knowledge.
(d) Art and intellect.

2. Among what sort of people does Aristotle regard mutual and equal friendships complete in all respects?
(a) Elderly people.
(b) Alike people.
(c) Free people.
(d) Virtuous people.

3. Which of the following most accurately describes the behavior of one of the vices Aristotle discusses in IV.6?
(a) Incoherent.
(b) Obsequious.
(c) Obdurate.
(d) Violent.

4. To whom does man look concerning things good and bad, as stated by Aristotle in VII.11?
(a) The lawyer.
(b) The philosopher.
(c) The politician.
(d) The rhetorician.

5. In VIII.12, Aristotle states that every sort of friendship is in what?
(a) A government.
(b) A family.
(c) A community.
(d) A marriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The irrational part of the soul is said by Aristotle to be how many fold?

4. In what sort of friendship are there no complaints, according to the view of Aristotle?

5. In I.12, Aristotle states that praise belongs properly to what?

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