The Politics of Aristotle Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Additional Characteristics of the State & the Role of the Philosopher in the State.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for a type of system that has leaders who are out of established lines of leaders?
(a) Parliamentary.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Republican.
(d) Aristocracy.

2. Aristotle says that monarchies are purely what?
(a) Natural.
(b) Matriarchal.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Hierarchical.

3. Aristotle thinks the best kind of rulership is what?
(a) Permanent.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Periodic.
(d) Semi-permanent.

4. A constitution's effectiveness is actually limited by what, according to Aristotle?
(a) Education.
(b) Population.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Mores.

5. Aristotle believes that something is greater in value than any possessions one might have. What is it?
(a) The body.
(b) The soul.
(c) The mind.
(d) The senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that kings and tyrants rely on personal power combined with what?

2. Aristotle says that trying to accumulate more than what is needed is what?

3. A Sicilian who had a monopoly was forced out of Syracuse by whom?

4. The second introduction helps readers to what?

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

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