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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Aristocracies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Aristotle explains the family, he does it with relation to what?
(a) The state.
(b) The village.
(c) The work done.
(d) The household.

2. Aristotle says that education should be equal but not what?
(a) Based on need.
(b) Uniform.
(c) Based on location in life.
(d) Given to all.

3. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Laws that govern a state.
(c) Definition of citizenship.
(d) Deciding who rules.

4. Aristotle believes that the evil of selfishness is self-service taken what?
(a) Beyond sensible limitations.
(b) Beyond the family.
(c) Beyond reason.
(d) Beyond economics.

5. Aristotle says that trying to accumulate more than what is needed is what?
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Against humanity.
(c) Irresponsible.
(d) Discouraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sparta, the military could not station men on what kind of land?

2. How many of the highest ranking officials do Plato and Aristotle thinks should be above the law?

3. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?

4. A correct constitution is conductive to the creation and implementation of what?

5. What word does Aristotle define as: where the pure self-interest of each person correctly corresponds to and serves the purposes of the other?

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