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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Additional Characteristics of the State & the Role of the Philosopher in the State.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle believes that people should be trained for what?
(a) What their parents want them to do.
(b) What their ideal place in society is.
(c) What they think they want to do.
(d) What they are best suited to do.

2. Aristotle says that a judicial system is one arm of the government of every state. He calls the judicial system what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Observation.
(c) Litigation.
(d) Deliberation.

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

4. A correct constitution is conductive to the creation and implementation of what?
(a) Just states.
(b) Just citizens.
(c) Just rulers.
(d) Just laws.

5. Aristotle urges that kingship be granted on virtues of birth and what?
(a) Merit.
(b) Social status.
(c) Service.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that monarchies are purely what?

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

3. Unarmed and lightly armed combat is typically the preserve of whom, according to Aristotle?

4. Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?

5. Aristotle says that slaves belong to whom?

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