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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the basic unit of society for Aristotle?
(a) Village.
(b) Pair.
(c) Family.
(d) State.

2. Aristotle says that democracies mistakenly assume that equality in one area means what?
(a) Inequality in others.
(b) Inequality of property rights.
(c) Equality of social standing.
(d) Universal equality.

3. Aristotle believes that poor and middle-class politicians should be what?
(a) Encouraged.
(b) Not allowed.
(c) Paid.
(d) Elected.

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

5. How long has Aristotle's "Politics" been around?
(a) Over four millenia.
(b) Over five millenia.
(c) Over two millenia.
(d) Over three millenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle believes that people should be trained for what?

2. After "Politics" was translated by its first translators, what was one of the other two languages it was soon translated into?

3. Aristotle says there should be a court set up, specifically, to deal with what?

4. Aristotle says that slaves should only cultivate the virtue of what?

5. A Sicilian who had a monopoly was forced out of Syracuse by whom?

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