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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Aristotle give the class that are fighters and legislators?
(a) Guardians.
(b) Promoters.
(c) Guides.
(d) Protectors.

2. When Aristotle describes a "pair" in society, what is he describing?
(a) An adult man and woman.
(b) Any two consenting adults.
(c) Any pair of citizens who contract together.
(d) Any pair of people that work together.

3. In Sparta, the military could not station men on what kind of land?
(a) Animal grazing land.
(b) Government land.
(c) Dowry land.
(d) Farm land.

4. Aristotle says there should be a court set up, specifically, to deal with what?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Slaves.

5. The writer of the second introduction was a scholar from where?
(a) Greece.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. The philosopher says that there are different _______ involved in farming and law-making.

2. Aristotle says that a judicial system is one arm of the government of every state. He calls the judicial system what?

3. What word is defined by Aristotle as: a clarification of the organized system of relationships within a state?

4. Aristotle says that those greatest in virtue, regardless of all else, should do what?

5. Aristotle says the Lacedaemonians have a Council of Elders and another council with this name.

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