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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle says that the most important factor is that the _______ supports the style of government.
(a) Citizens.
(b) Resources.
(c) Culture.
(d) People.

2. According to Aristotle, what is the greatest threat within any state?
(a) The poor.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Discontent.
(d) The rich.

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

4. Aristotle says that trouble arises within a state when people who deserve _______ are denied them.
(a) Rights.
(b) Honors.
(c) Property.
(d) Positions.

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

6. Oligarchies, according to Aristotle, believe that inequalities of wealth indicate what?
(a) That the poor are better off without anything.
(b) Universal inequalities.
(c) Equality in other areas.
(d) Inequality in social standing.

7. Education should be organized on a great scale so that the children can be prepared for life in ways that what?
(a) Their parents might not want them to be.
(b) They might never have cared about.
(c) Their parents might not have seen.
(d) They might never have thought of.

8. Aristotle says that kings and tyrants are what?
(a) Despots.
(b) Insane.
(c) Monarchs.
(d) Rulers.

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

10. Aristotle says that the poor need to make sure they do what to the rich?
(a) Include them in decisions.
(b) Protect their property.
(c) Take money and redistribute it.
(d) Tax them.

11. Aristotle says that a judicial system is one arm of the government of every state. He calls the judicial system what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Observation.
(c) Deliberation.
(d) Litigation.

12. What does Aristotle want in the city center?
(a) An academy.
(b) The baths.
(c) A temple.
(d) An attractive marketplace.

13. A system of what, according to Aristotle, is intended to help society reflect the government?
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Education.
(c) Religion.
(d) Economics.

14. Reason, habituation, and what, form a triplicate of forces available to every man?
(a) Listening.
(b) Writing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Thinking.

15. Aristotle says that a ______ state will have everyone recognizing that it is in his best interests to work with the state.
(a) Unified.
(b) Polity.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Healthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle wants people to cultivate the skill of playing instruments and what?

2. Aristotle advocates development of the spiritual character virtues within every individual as a means to what?

3. Aristotle says that the life of a philosopher will likely be what type of life?

4. In oligarchies, what is the group that needs special protections?

5. The Greeks called physical training what?

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