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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle believes that ensuring the division and inheritance of estates is a way to control wealth and what?
(a) Oligarchies.
(b) Population.
(c) Monarchies.
(d) Influence.

2. Aristotle says that the longest lasting and most effective kings are those whose authority is what?
(a) Categorically given.
(b) Categorically boundless.
(c) Categorically denied.
(d) Categorically tightly restricted.

3. Aristotle believes that the evil of selfishness is self-service taken what?
(a) Beyond reason.
(b) Beyond the family.
(c) Beyond sensible limitations.
(d) Beyond economics.

4. 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) Their parents might not have seen.
(c) They might never have thought of.
(d) They might never have cared about.

5. Aristotle says there should be a court set up, specifically, to deal with what?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Children.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Women.

6. What kind of musical method is Aristotle in favor of?
(a) Spartan.
(b) Dorian.
(c) Ionian.
(d) Athenian.

7. Aristotle believes that a good monarch is not above what?
(a) The law.
(b) The failure of self.
(c) The promise of power.
(d) The will of the people.

8. According to Aristotle, what kinds of attitudes lead to factions?
(a) Contemptuous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Militant.
(d) Arrogant.

9. Aristotle says that a move can be unpopular and tyrannical yet still what, if it was done for the common good?
(a) Legal.
(b) Right.
(c) Just.
(d) What was supposed to be done.

10. Unarmed and lightly armed combat is typically the preserve of whom, according to Aristotle?
(a) The middle-class.
(b) The young men.
(c) The women.
(d) The poor.

11. Aristotle says that changing the economics of a state means that what has to change?
(a) Rule of law.
(b) Political elite.
(c) Government.
(d) Constitution.

12. Aristotle says that it is important to treat those who will be soldiers for the state how?
(a) With respect.
(b) With enough education.
(c) With enough money.
(d) With enough property.

13. When a government is seen by the people as being excessive, what will that create?
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Patronage.
(c) Factions.
(d) Disparities.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When people are younger they should learn to play instruments. When they are older they should do what?

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

3. Aristotle believes that what resources is important to the location, protection, and defense of the city?

4. Aristotle says that the identity of the state is connected to what?

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

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