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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle believes that anyone who is found with exceptionally high virtue will be encouraged to be what?

2. Spartan kings were generals and what?

3. Logging, gathering fruits, and using minerals are lumped under what term?

4. What name does Aristotle give the class that are fighters and legislators?

5. Individual authority is a type of which rule?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What constitutions does Aristotle survey in his book?

3. What are the four types of constitutions?

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

5. What is Aristotle's definition of a constitution?

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

7. What is an absolute monarch?

8. What makes a democracy corrupt for Aristotle?

9. What is an aristocracy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Aristotle, what is tyranny? What are the three most prevalent forms of tyranny and how do they occur? What is their remedy? Support your answer using examples from Aristotle's text.

Essay Topic 2

What role does education have for Aristotle? What is its importance to justice, the city-state, and the individual? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

What is a regime according to Aristotle? How does a regime function? What are the specific characteristics of a democratic regime?

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