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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle says there are two things a ruler must be concerned with: the population and what?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Resources.
(d) Territory.

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. Spartan kings were generals and what?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Philosophical leaders.
(c) Political leaders.
(d) Family leaders.

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

5. The writer of the second introduction was a scholar from where?
(a) Greece.
(b) Spain.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

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

7. Logging, gathering fruits, and using minerals are lumped under what term?
(a) Living off the land.
(b) Living poorly.
(c) Resource acquisition.
(d) Resource development.

8. Aristotle gives what name to the people who own crops and livestock?
(a) Stock holders.
(b) Earners.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Providers.

9. Aristotle says that monarchies are purely what?
(a) Matriarchal.
(b) Hierarchical.
(c) Patriarchal.
(d) Natural.

10. Who is the translator in this edition of of Aristotle's "Politics?"
(a) MacAdams.
(b) Sinclair.
(c) Wodwooth.
(d) Samuelson.

11. Aristotle says that territory, population, constitution, and name are the four basics of what?
(a) A citizen.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A state.
(d) A people.

12. Phaleas of Chalcedon proposed that property should be divided how?
(a) According to familial needs.
(b) Unevenly.
(c) According to status in society.
(d) Rather evenly.

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

14. Who felt that women should be warriors, just like the men?
(a) Giddeon.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Sparta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The second introduction helps readers to what?

2. What is the name for a type of rule when the actual ruling is done by a small group of people?

3. What word is defined by Aristotle as: a clarification of the organized system of relationships within a state?

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

5. The father-son relationship is intended to epitomize what relationship?

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