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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality does Aristotle state is involved in friendship in IX.6?
(a) A lack of jealousy.
(b) Altruisim.
(c) Like-mindedness.
(d) Severity of character.

2. What sort of person is opposite, in the opinion of Aristotle, the person who is soft?
(a) The virtuous person.
(b) The continent person.
(c) The self-restrained person.
(d) The enduring person.

3. Which word adequately indicates the character of the man whose vice is in opposition to that of the braggart, according to Aristotle's description?
(a) Lecherous.
(b) Congenial.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Ironic.

4. With what sort of friendship is VIII.14 concerned?
(a) Virtuous friendships.
(b) Unequal friendships.
(c) Equal friendships.
(d) Familial friendships.

5. According to the Pythagoreans, the good belongs to what?
(a) The limited.
(b) The unlimited.
(c) The complicated.
(d) The simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of rule is opposite to that of a just monarch, according to the observations of Aristotle?

2. What is the virtuous disposition most directly concerned, for Aristotle, with playfulness and humor?

3. What sort of relationship does Aristotle claim is impossible for people who do not have the quality mentioned at the beginning of IX.5?

4. What person does Aristotle claim most notably feels love just in knowing a person, and not in receiving love returned?

5. For the sake of what does Aristotle state the courageous person endures the fearful?

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