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

2. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?
(a) Political authority.
(b) Resources.
(c) Honors.
(d) Government money.

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

4. Aristotle is opposed to rule by what?
(a) Groups.
(b) Factions.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Merit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Aristotle describes a "pair" in society, what is he describing?

2. Where was Aristotle a citizen of?

3. Aristotle says that to treat people who act on behaviors which cause crime, they should pursue and study what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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