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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Aristotle explain the binding extent of contracts?
(a) Only between two individuals.
(b) Only between the courts and an individual.
(c) They were not binding.
(d) Only between two individuals or the courts and an individual.

2. What was included in the special laws referenced by Aristotle?
(a) Some of the explicit statutes of a political body.
(b) All of the logical opinions of a political body.
(c) All of the explicit statutes of a political body.
(d) Some of the logical opinions of a political body.

3. As explained by Aristotle in Book II, Chapter 18, what was political argumentation concerned with?
(a) Both past and future events.
(b) Past events.
(c) Future events.
(d) Neither past nor future events.

4. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in his description of young people?
(a) Courageous.
(b) Active.
(c) Independent.
(d) Bold.

5. Which one of the following was not included by Aristotle in Book III, Chapter 4, in his discussion of what differentiated a simile from a metaphor?
(a) They used "like" or "as."
(b) They tended to be more complex.
(c) They tended to be more involved.
(d) They used different rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Using an example of the similarities or differences between parents and their children, how did Aristotle describe Socrates' children?

2. What about the past did Aristotle say that a legal orator was concerned with proving?

3. Which of the following would be considered an ideal target for a crime?

4. Which of the following were examples of the involuntary causes for human action that Aristotle outlined?

5. Continuing the theme of Aristotle's logic, what could be used to deduce the impossible?

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