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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. When a government is seen by the people as being excessive, what will that create?
(a) Factions.
(b) Disparities.
(c) Patronage.
(d) Revolutionaries.

2. Aristotle says that the identity of the state is connected to what?
(a) Its enemies.
(b) Its location.
(c) Its flag.
(d) Its production.

3. Aristotle says that when people of wealth are cast into poverty, it is a breeding ground for what?
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Discontents.
(d) Murderers.

4. Aristotle says that popular kings are protect by what?
(a) Their own subjects.
(b) Justice.
(c) The rule of law.
(d) The military.

5. When Aristotle explains the family, he does it with relation to what?
(a) The household.
(b) The state.
(c) The village.
(d) The work done.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old do people have to be to be on the Board of Elders?

3. Aristotle says that kings and tyrants rely on personal power combined with what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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