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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 a lack of what, is the primary source of changes within a state's constitution?
(a) Vigilance.
(b) Participation.
(c) Education.
(d) Desire.

2. Who is the translator in this edition of of Aristotle's "Politics?"
(a) MacAdams.
(b) Sinclair.
(c) Samuelson.
(d) Wodwooth.

3. Who was Aristotle's teacher?
(a) Plato.
(b) Giddeon.
(c) Homer.
(d) Socrates.

4. When Aristotle describes a "pair" in society, what is he describing?
(a) Any pair of people that work together.
(b) Any two consenting adults.
(c) Any pair of citizens who contract together.
(d) An adult man and woman.

5. What does Aristotle calls the pool from which oligarchies draw their officials?
(a) Inherited positions.
(b) Politically powerful.
(c) Political elite.
(d) Power-groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Catholic scholar who made Aristotle's work famous in the more modern world?

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

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

4. The issues most closely connected with occurrences of civil strife are education, preparation for adulthood, and the distribution of property, and what?

5. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?

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