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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. Phaleas of Chalcedon proposed that property should be divided how?
(a) Unevenly.
(b) According to familial needs.
(c) According to status in society.
(d) Rather evenly.

2. What does Aristotle think is the solution to crime?
(a) Education.
(b) Taking part in ruling.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Giving people property.

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

4. At the time of Aristotle's writing, Macedon was what type of government?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Oligarchy.
(c) Polity.
(d) Democracy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Aristotle says that when people of wealth are cast into poverty, it is a breeding ground for what?

3. The first introduction provides a look at the history of the book that is over how many pages?

4. Aristotle proposed that no family should have more than how many times what the lowest family has?

5. Aristotle says that when an increase in free populace is needed, or when a state is new, there may be lax rules about what?

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