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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The proper education for a monarch is the same as that of a man within a state governed by what?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Polity.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Oligarchy.

2. In Sparta, the military could not station men on what kind of land?
(a) Dowry land.
(b) Animal grazing land.
(c) Farm land.
(d) Government land.

3. Aristotle says that trying to accumulate more than what is needed is what?
(a) Unnatural.
(b) Discouraged.
(c) Against humanity.
(d) Irresponsible.

4. After "Politics" was translated by its first translators, what was one of the other two languages it was soon translated into?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) Russian.
(d) Chinese.

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

6. This type of constitution is not limited by actual conditions and is not required to function in practice.
(a) Unique.
(b) Descriptive.
(c) Ideal.
(d) Promissory.

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

8. Today, Aristotle's work is mainly reviewed where?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) High school.
(c) Colleges.
(d) Law school.

9. In relationship to food, Aristotle says that is better to be what, than cash rich?
(a) Have plenty of food and cash poor.
(b) Have plenty of food and cash neutral.
(c) Have plenty of food and give to the poor.
(d) Have plenty of food and be generous.

10. Aristotle says that slaves should only cultivate the virtue of what?
(a) Obedience.
(b) Free speech.
(c) Acting for themselves.
(d) Thinking.

11. What word is defined by Aristotle as: people within society who participate in giving judgment and holding political office?
(a) Political elite.
(b) Elite.
(c) Citizens.
(d) Rulers.

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

13. The second introduction tells the reader that some of Aristotle's opinions might be met with what?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Agreement.
(d) Hostility.

14. The first of Aristotle's two arguments about force and governance says that "might is ______."
(a) Against the weak.
(b) For the powerful.
(c) Right.
(d) Not right.

15. Aristotle says that education should be equal but not what?
(a) Given to all.
(b) Based on need.
(c) Uniform.
(d) Based on location in life.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first known translation of "Politics" after Aristotle's death was into what language?

2. Aristotle gives what name to the people who own crops and livestock?

3. Who believed that the rule of a state and the rule of a city was the same?

4. According to Aristotle, the end in a democracy is the best interests of whom?

5. Who asked the question of whether a changed constitution does, or does not, indicate a change of state?

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