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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. What is the method of acquisition involved in the accumulation of livestock animals?
(a) Stock hoarding.
(b) Livestock hoarding.
(c) Stock rearing.
(d) Livestock rearing.

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

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

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

5. At the time of Aristotle's writing, Macedon was what type of government?
(a) Polity.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle thinks the best kind of rulership is what?

2. For Aristotle, what is the moment of transition between the level of organization in a government?

3. Spartan kings were generals and what?

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

5. Aristotle believes that a society in which the members choose to obey laws will be what type of society?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes a democracy corrupt for Aristotle?

2. Who are the guardians?

3. What does Aristotle believe will happen to a man who has high virtue?

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

5. What did Plato feel about women and why?

6. What is Aristotle's cure for limiting desires that reach beyond needs?

7. What happened to "The Politics" upon Aristotle's death?

8. What constitutions does Aristotle survey in his book?

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

10. What does Aristotle believe that people should be trained for?

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