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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle says that the Lacedaemonians have a form of communal care for the young, which is called what?
(a) Public education.
(b) Child rearing.
(c) Public raising.
(d) Child care.

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

3. Aristotle thinks the best kind of rulership is what?
(a) Periodic.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Permanent.
(d) Semi-permanent.

4. Aristotle thinks that the constitution of the Lacedaemonians is what?
(a) Balanced.
(b) Mediocre.
(c) Popular.
(d) Well thought out.

5. Who believed that the rule of a state and the rule of a city was the same?
(a) Americans.
(b) Ancient Greeks.
(c) Arabs.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the translator in this edition of of Aristotle's "Politics?"

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

4. Aristotle gives what name to the people who own crops and livestock?

5. Aristotle says that factions emerge from a desire for what?

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