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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Absolute monarchs are trusted completely by their subjects until what?
(a) There is a war.
(b) They die.
(c) They have children.
(d) Something changes.

3. How old do people have to be to be on the Board of Elders?
(a) Over 75.
(b) Over 70.
(c) Over 65.
(d) Over 60.

4. Some of the difficulties that Aristotle doesn't address that have to do with larger groups of people might have been solved by what Empire?
(a) Saxson Empire.
(b) Celtic Empire.
(c) Persian Empire.
(d) Roman Empire.

5. Aristotle believes that a society in which the members choose to obey laws will be what type of society?
(a) Lawful.
(b) Orderly.
(c) Regulated.
(d) Just.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle divides the process of acquisition of goods into what number of means?

2. What is the method of acquisition involved in the accumulation of livestock animals?

3. A Sicilian who had a monopoly was forced out of Syracuse by whom?

4. Aristotle says that tyrants require what for protection?

5. What is the basic unit of society for Aristotle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aristotle divide the process of acquiring goods?

2. What is an absolute monarch?

3. What is the difference between a democracy and a polity?

4. How does a correct constitution lead to a just society, according to Aristotle?

5. What is an oligarchy?

6. Who is Phaleas of Chalcedon?

7. For Aristotle, what are the virtues that a slave or skilled craftsman should develop?

8. How did Aristotle become famous in the modern world?

9. What is the only motivation Aristotle allows for in placing someone above the law?

10. What are the various levels of organization within a society?

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