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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Preservation of Oligarchies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle believes that people should be trained for what?
(a) What they are best suited to do.
(b) What their parents want them to do.
(c) What they think they want to do.
(d) What their ideal place in society is.

2. The philosopher says that there are different _______ involved in farming and law-making.
(a) Skills.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Tasks.
(d) Virtues.

3. Aristotle says that some oligarchies can progress to what?
(a) Democracies.
(b) Aristocracies.
(c) Polities.
(d) Monarchies.

4. According to Aristotle, the end in a democracy is the best interests of whom?
(a) The poor.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The rich.
(d) The individual.

5. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Definition of citizenship.
(c) Deciding who rules.
(d) Laws that govern a state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?

2. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?

3. Aristotle thinks that the craftsman who tries to make laws will do what?

4. Aristotle says that there can be problems when more of the citizens are attracted to profit than to what?

5. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?

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