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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. Who was Aristotle's teacher?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Giddeon.

2. Aristotle says that women are taught to endure and dish out what, in their families, homes, and with other women?
(a) Mastery.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Despotism.

3. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?
(a) Family.
(b) Saving.
(c) Working hard.
(d) Employment.

4. Aristotle says that factions emerge from a desire for what?
(a) Liberty.
(b) More rights.
(c) Equality.
(d) Freedom.

5. When Aristotle explains the family, he does it with relation to what?
(a) The household.
(b) The village.
(c) The work done.
(d) The state.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The father-son relationship is intended to epitomize what relationship?

3. When Aristotle describes a "pair" in society, what is he describing?

4. Aristotle says that monarchies are purely what?

5. This type of constitution is not limited by actual conditions and is not required to function in practice.

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