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

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

3. Democracy is a corruption of what?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Communal rule.
(d) Polity.

4. Aristotle says that when people of wealth are cast into poverty, it is a breeding ground for what?
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Discontents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that women are taught to endure and dish out what, in their families, homes, and with other women?

2. What, according to Aristotle, is the top cause of crime?

3. Aristotle says that those who write constitutions are statesmen, philosophers and what?

4. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?

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

(see the answer key)

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