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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 popular kings are protect by what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Their own subjects.
(c) The military.
(d) The rule of law.

2. In relationship to food, Aristotle says that is better to be what, than cash rich?
(a) Have plenty of food and cash poor.
(b) Have plenty of food and cash neutral.
(c) Have plenty of food and be generous.
(d) Have plenty of food and give to the poor.

3. Logging, gathering fruits, and using minerals are lumped under what term?
(a) Living poorly.
(b) Living off the land.
(c) Resource development.
(d) Resource acquisition.

4. Legals structures, like constitutions, are starting points for what?
(a) Definition of citizenship.
(b) Justice.
(c) Laws that govern a state.
(d) Deciding who rules.

5. Democracy is a corruption of what?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Polity.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Communal rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle says that slaves should only cultivate the virtue of what?

2. Today, Aristotle's work is mainly reviewed where?

3. A universal constitution means, according to Aristotle, that the constitution can do what?

4. A correct constitution is conductive to the creation and implementation of what?

5. Who was Aristotle's teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four types of constitutions?

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

3. What is one suggestion made about the distribution of property in a city-state?

4. What is Aristotle's cure for people who commit crimes because they need satiation and fulfillment of desires that go far beyond needs?

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

6. Who are the guardians?

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

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

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

10. What is an absolute monarch?

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