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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. The philosopher says that there are different _______ involved in farming and law-making.
(a) Virtues.
(b) Skills.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Tasks.

2. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?
(a) Laws that govern a state.
(b) Justice.
(c) Definition of citizenship.
(d) Deciding who rules.

3. Aristotle believes that a social safety net is necessary to provide relief but is not meant as a substitute for what?
(a) Family.
(b) Working hard.
(c) Saving.
(d) Employment.

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

5. Aristotle says that the Lacedaemonians have a form of communal care for the young, which is called what?
(a) Child care.
(b) Public raising.
(c) Public education.
(d) Child rearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that tyrants require what for protection?

2. Aristotle says that women are taught to endure and dish out what, in their families, homes, and with other women?

3. In relationship to food, Aristotle says that is better to be what, than cash rich?

4. According to Aristotle, what kinds of attitudes lead to factions?

5. Aristotle says that if an individual can get a monopoly, they can do what?

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