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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 thinks the best kind of rulership is what?

2. Aristotle says that when people of wealth are cast into poverty, it is a breeding ground for what?

3. After "Politics" was translated by its first translators, what was one of the other two languages it was soon translated into?

4. Aristotle proposed that no family should have more than how many times what the lowest family has?

5. Aristotle quotes Socrates as saying a man should have enough property to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an aristocracy?

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

3. What makes a democracy corrupt for Aristotle?

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

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

6. Why does Aristotle believe that territory is one of the basics of what makes a state?

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

8. What did Plato feel about women and why?

9. What is an oligarchy?

10. How, if there are problems with the father's leadership, will the son suffer throughout his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Aristotle's 5 categories for the role of the state, and how does he justify the state being involved in each area? To what goal is the state involved? Cite Aristotle's work to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using Aristotle's examples, explain what he thinks a good ruler is and what system would be ideal for a good ruler, and why.

Essay Topic 3

What is Aristotle's definition of the best state? What qualities does it have? What does it do? Support your answer with examples from the book.

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