View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Book 4: Chapter 2, Oligarchy, Tyranny & Deceit in Politics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle says that in tyranny, personal power, and which of the following, hold sway irrespective of the law.
(a) Prestige.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Money.
(d) Military might.

2. What is one of the two options that Aristotle says can describe "education for productive labor?"
(a) Happiness.
(b) Contentedness.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Empowerment.

3. For Aristotle, what is the moment of transition between the level of organization in a government?
(a) When it moves between city-states.
(b) When it moves beyond the pair.
(c) When it moves beyond the village.
(d) When it moves beyond the household.

4. Spartan kings were generals and what?
(a) Family leaders.
(b) Religious leaders.
(c) Philosophical leaders.
(d) Political leaders.

5. Aristotle says there are two things a ruler must be concerned with: the population and what?
(a) Territory.
(b) Resources.
(c) Warriors.
(d) Buildings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that popular kings are protect by what?

2. Aristotle believes that it is possible for a good state to be governed by a monarch that is what?

3. Who believed that the rule of a state and the rule of a city was the same?

4. Aristotle proposed that no family should have more than how many times what the lowest family has?

5. What is the greatest number of people Aristotle uses in the exercises in his book?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 220 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample