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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. The text of Aristotle's politics is divided into what?
(a) Parts.
(b) Divisions.
(c) Letters.
(d) Books.

2. The father-son relationship is intended to epitomize what relationship?
(a) Ruler-slave.
(b) Elder-commoner.
(c) Mother-daughter.
(d) King-subject.

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

4. Who is the translator in this edition of of Aristotle's "Politics?"
(a) MacAdams.
(b) Samuelson.
(c) Wodwooth.
(d) Sinclair.

5. Aristotle says that the non-Greeks exchange how many barrels of wine when the chicken is going to be killed?
(a) One barrel.
(b) Two barrels.
(c) One and a half barrels.
(d) Half a barrel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first of Aristotle's two arguments about force and governance says that "might is ______."

3. What is the name of the Catholic scholar who made Aristotle's work famous in the more modern world?

4. Today, Aristotle's work is mainly reviewed where?

5. There is an unconfirmed story that, at the time of his death, Aristotle's "Politics" was what?

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