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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 says that a government will have problems when more of its people are interested in profit than in what?
(a) Honor.
(b) Politics.
(c) Service.
(d) Dedication.

2. Plato thought that the wives of the two highest social class should be what?
(a) From the lower classes.
(b) Housed in the same facility.
(c) In charge of ruling.
(d) Held in common.

3. Aristotle says that marriage needs to take what into account?
(a) Politics.
(b) Social status.
(c) Power.
(d) Wealth.

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

5. Aristotle says that to treat people who act on behaviors which cause crime, they should pursue and study what?
(a) Law.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Drama.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle explains that in the Greek city-states, more than one type of what has been used?

2. Aristotle says that when an increase in free populace is needed, or when a state is new, there may be lax rules about what?

3. The first of Aristotle's two arguments about force and governance says that "might is ______."

4. Spartan kings were generals and what?

5. Aristotle says that the best form of constitution is one that contains elements of all the different types of government, and creates an analogy between the best constitution and what?

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