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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. Today, Aristotle's work is mainly reviewed where?
(a) High school.
(b) Law school.
(c) Colleges.
(d) Elementary school.

2. The proper education for a monarch is the same as that of a man within a state governed by what?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Polity.

3. How many of the highest ranking officials do Plato and Aristotle thinks should be above the law?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. Aristotle says that the second greatest cause of crime are desires that reach beyond what?
(a) Others.
(b) Needs.
(c) Wants.
(d) Means.

5. In oligarchies, what is the group that needs special protections?
(a) The children.
(b) The poor.
(c) The women.
(d) The middle-class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that slaves belong to whom?

2. How long has Aristotle's "Politics" been around?

3. Aristotle says that a government will have problems when more of its people are interested in profit than in what?

4. Democracy is a corruption of what?

5. What name does Aristotle give the class that are fighters and legislators?

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