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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Book 3: Chapter 1, Citizens & Constitutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle quotes Socrates as saying a man should have enough property to do what?
(a) Not have to work.
(b) Provide for his family.
(c) Live well.
(d) Provide for his amusements.

2. What word is defined by Aristotle as: people within society who participate in giving judgment and holding political office?
(a) Rulers.
(b) Political elite.
(c) Citizens.
(d) Elite.

3. After "Politics" was translated by its first translators, what was one of the other two languages it was soon translated into?
(a) Latin.
(b) Russian.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Spanish.

4. What is the basic unit of society for Aristotle?
(a) Family.
(b) State.
(c) Pair.
(d) Village.

5. Aristotle says that when an increase in free populace is needed, or when a state is new, there may be lax rules about what?
(a) Freeing slaves and women.
(b) Who can hold property.
(c) How to be a citizen.
(d) Who can hold office.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Aristotle's "Politics" been around?

2. The first known translation of "Politics" after Aristotle's death was into what language?

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

4. Aristotle says that to treat people who act on behaviors which cause crime, they should pursue and study what?

5. Who was Aristotle's teacher?

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