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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. Aristotle says that the poor need to make sure they do what to the rich?
(a) Protect their property.
(b) Take money and redistribute it.
(c) Tax them.
(d) Include them in decisions.

2. Aristotle says that the best form of constitution is one that contains elements of all the different types of government, and creates an analogy between the best constitution and what?
(a) A cross-bred animal.
(b) A metal alloy.
(c) A melting part.
(d) A hybrid plant.

3. Aristotle says that a lack of what, is the primary source of changes within a state's constitution?
(a) Education.
(b) Desire.
(c) Participation.
(d) Vigilance.

4. Who asked the question of whether a changed constitution does, or does not, indicate a change of state?
(a) Hippodamus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Lycrusus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Individual authority is a type of which rule?

2. When Aristotle explains the family, he does it with relation to what?

3. Aristotle says that if an individual can get a monopoly, they can do what?

4. According to Aristotle, what kinds of attitudes lead to factions?

5. Aristotle believes that the ruler must have the virtue of being able to create the desired result, which is defined as what?

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