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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 3, Acquiring Goods, Money-Lending.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle divides the process of acquisition of goods into what number of means?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

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. The first of Aristotle's two arguments about force and governance says that "might is ______."
(a) Against the weak.
(b) Right.
(c) For the powerful.
(d) Not right.

4. How long has Aristotle's "Politics" been around?
(a) Over five millenia.
(b) Over two millenia.
(c) Over four millenia.
(d) Over three millenia.

5. What is defined as the distribution and retail of merchandise?
(a) Sales.
(b) Trade.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Logging, gathering fruits, and using minerals are lumped under what term?

2. The text of Aristotle's politics is divided into what?

3. After "Politics" was translated by its first translators, what was one of the other two languages it was soon translated into?

4. The second introduction tells the reader that some of Aristotle's opinions might be met with what?

5. Who is the translator in this edition of of Aristotle's "Politics?"

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