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

2. Aristotle says that those greatest in virtue, regardless of all else, should do what?
(a) Learn to be leaders.
(b) Be judges.
(c) Be the rich.
(d) Rule.

3. What is the term Aristotle gives for a government that has a sovereign rule of one?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Despotism.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Monarchy.

4. Aristotle says that trouble arises within a state when people who deserve _______ are denied them.
(a) Property.
(b) Positions.
(c) Honors.
(d) Rights.

5. In Syracuse, a tyranny was overthrown by the people but turned into what?
(a) A democracy.
(b) An oligarchy.
(c) A monarchy.
(d) Warring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of the constitutions that Aristotle studies, by name, is a constitution made by whom?

3. Aristotle believes that a society in which the members choose to obey laws will be what type of society?

4. Aristotle says that acquiring what is needed is what?

5. Aristotle believes that it is possible for a good state to be governed by a monarch that is what?

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