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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. Aristotle says that education should be equal but not what?
(a) Based on location in life.
(b) Given to all.
(c) Uniform.
(d) Based on need.

2. The first of Aristotle's two arguments about force and governance says that "might is ______."
(a) Right.
(b) For the powerful.
(c) Not right.
(d) Against the weak.

3. Aristotle says that a king should be highly what, towards his subjects?
(a) Affectionate and dominant.
(b) Caring and concerned.
(c) Harsh and available.
(d) Demanding and demeaning.

4. Who was Aristotle's teacher?
(a) Giddeon.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Socrates.

5. What type of governing system used judges and juries, with no fees associated with the dispensation of justice?
(a) Rule of law system.
(b) Communism.
(c) Communacracy.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Sparta, the military could not station men on what kind of land?

2. Who founded the Spartan constitution?

3. Aristotle believes that the rational is not anti what?

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

5. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Aristotle says that age yields rank; what follows?

2. What is Aristotle's definition of the rational?

3. What is one reason there are several introductions to this book?

4. What are focal points in creating a constitution?

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

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

7. What is one reason Aristotle advocates for permanent rulership?

8. What is an absolute monarch?

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

10. What is the story of Thales of Miletus?

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