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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. There is an unconfirmed story that, at the time of his death, Aristotle's "Politics" was what?
(a) Unpublished.
(b) Sent to Alexandria.
(c) Buried with him.
(d) Burned.

2. Phaleas of Chalcedon proposed that property should be divided how?
(a) According to familial needs.
(b) According to status in society.
(c) Rather evenly.
(d) Unevenly.

3. What is the basic unit of society for Aristotle?
(a) Village.
(b) State.
(c) Pair.
(d) Family.

4. According to Aristotle, what is the form of government found in families?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Hierarchy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Tyranny.

5. Aristotle compares a constitution to what?
(a) The capstone in an arch.
(b) The hub of a spoked wheel.
(c) The supporting column of a building.
(d) The gears in a mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Aristotle, the virtues needed in a ruler are ________ _________ those needed in the ruled.

2. Aristotle believes that it is possible for a good state to be governed by a monarch that is what?

3. What is the name for a type of rule when the actual ruling is done by a small group of people?

4. The first of Aristotle's two arguments about force and governance says that "might is ______."

5. Who asked the question of whether a changed constitution does, or does not, indicate a change of state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the top cause of crime, and how can it be solved?

2. What is an oligarchy?

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

4. What did Plato feel about women and why?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is an aristocracy?

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