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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Book 3: Chapter 1, Citizens & Constitutions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?
(a) The hub of a spoked wheel.
(b) The supporting column of a building.
(c) The capstone in an arch.
(d) The gears in a mill.

2. Individual authority is a type of which rule?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Republic.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Aristocracy.

3. Aristotle says that a king should be highly what, towards his subjects?
(a) Caring and concerned.
(b) Demanding and demeaning.
(c) Affectionate and dominant.
(d) Harsh and available.

4. Aristotle thinks that the craftsman who tries to make laws will do what?
(a) Make good laws.
(b) Not care about his duties.
(c) Ask to be released.
(d) Make bad laws.

5. Aristotle believes that the ruler must have the virtue of being able to create the desired result, which is defined as what?
(a) Good conditions for the entire state.
(b) Increase in prestige for the state.
(c) Increase in resources for the state.
(d) Continued survival of the state.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aristotle, the virtues needed in a ruler are ________ _________ those needed in the ruled.

2. Aristotle says that slaves belong to whom?

3. Who believed that the rule of a state and the rule of a city was the same?

4. What does Aristotle think is the solution to crime?

5. Plato thought that the wives of the two highest social class should be what?

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