MCQs of Political Science – Aristotle

Aristotle does not use the relationship between__________as an analogy for the relationship between master and slave.

Aristotle considers the relationship between___________ analogous to the relationship between husband and wife.

_________ is a fair Aristotelian of Plato’s Republic.

Aristotle does not criticise ______________ in Book II.

__________ is NOT given as a criticism of the Spartan constitution.

Aristotle identifies a city with___________.

Aristotle considers ___________ a just government.

According to Aristotle _________ is an unjust government.

In Aristotelian view, __________ is the end goal of a city.

Aristotle thinks__________ as best form of government.

the extreme form of oligarchy is _________.

In a Politiea, consideration is given to ___________.

____________ is NOT given as a reason for giving preference to the middle class.

The main cause of constitutional change is____________.

As a result of infighting,___________ form of government is most likely to face constitutional change.

Aristotle does not list quality of _________ as being important to a good public officer.

For preserving an evil tyranny, __________ is NOT given as a recommendation.

According to Aristotle, ____________ is the best kind of population for a good democracy.

Aristotle recommends______________ policy for helping the poor.

________is NOT included in Aristotle’s three elements of government.

The highest good is _____________.

___________ should NOT be undertaken by citizen.

In the three ways in which a person can be made good _____________ is not included.

The Ideal age gap between men and women in marriage is __________.

Which of the following does Aristotle believe has no practical application?

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

Aristotle ways that some education systems have a tendency to make students less what?

What word is defined by Aristotle as: a clarification of the organized system of relationship within state?

Aristotle says that a king should be highly what, towards his subjects?

What word does Aristotle define as: where the pure self-interest of each person correctly corresponds to and serves the purposes of the other?

Aristotle explains that in the Greek city-states, more then one type of what has been used?

Education should be organised on a great scale so that the children can be prepared for life in ways that what?

Aristotle wants people so cultivate the skill of playing instruments and what?

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

What word is defined by Aristotle as: people within society who participate in giving judgment and holding political office?

In oligarchies what is the group that needs special protection?

Aristotle believes that in most societies, there is numerically more of what type of citizens than any other?

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

Unarmed and lightly armed combat is typically the preserve of whom, according to Aristotle?

Who founded the Spartan constitution?

Aristotle says that marriage needs to take what into account?

In an oligarchy, Aristotle believes that there are normally what type of requirement on citizenship privileges?

Aristotle says that the poor are commonly left out of serving as government officials because they are not threatened with________ for not participating.

Aristotle believes that what resources are important to the location, protection and defense of the city?

Music is one of the arts which what kind of time is intended to produce?

The proper education for a monarch is the same as that of a man within a state governed by what?

When a government is seen by the people as being excessive, what will that create?

Democracy is a corruption of what?

Aristotle says that it is important to treat those who will be soldiers for that state how?

Aristotle says that the best form of constitution is one that contains elements of all the different types of government and creates an analogy between the best constitution and what?

Which of the following was one of Plato’s nicknames for Aristotle?

One major point of Aristotle’s ethical philosophy was that ___________.

Aristotle set forth that if the dead retain any sense of good and evil, it

The human soul, according to Aristotle, is conditioned by what three factors?

The word that describes the middle point between excess and deficiency is the __________.

Aristotle considered involuntary action as those that ___________.

How did Aristotle respond to Socrates’ statement that on man is willingly bad?

Courage is a mean between

The two main obstacles to free choice are

Magnanimity is also known as _________.

Aristotle set forth that laws exist only because __________.

According to Aristotle, there conditions must be fulfilled for friendship to exist between two people. One of those conditions is _____________.

Aristotle’s conception of supreme happiness has drawn criticism because___________.

What is authority?

Which of the following is the same as a monarchy?

Totalitarian government is one extreme type of government. Which of the following is at the other end of the political spectrum?

What is the difference between direct and representative democracy?

What is the difference between parliamentary and presidential democracy?

In the percolation-up model, where does political power come from?

The Hellenistic philosophy that most influenced the Middle Ages was:

According to Aristotle, the doctrine of the mean does not apply to the situation of

In the reading by James Rachel’s, he criticises the cultural differences argument by saying that______.

Which one of the following was not included in Bentham’s hadonic calculus?

In her studies concerning children’s responses to Hinze’s dilemma, Carol Gilligan found that _______.

According to Kant, a work of art has __________ value, but people have ___________ value.

IN Michael Sticker’s story concerning Smith’s visit to the hospital, the problem with Smith’s behavior, according to virtue ethics, is that Smith______.

Which one of the following claims of the ethical absolutist distinguishes this position from other forms of ethical objective?

Which of the following is not a problem the text raised with divine command theory of ethics?

Which of the following expresses the relationship between psychological egoism and ethical egoism?

According to Jeremy Bentham, we are governed by two sovereign masters, which are_________.

The utilitarian view of the role of a virtuous character in ethics is that it _____________.

Which of the following would be an example of subjective because the utilitarian believes that

Utilitarianism is not a form of ethical relativism because the utilitarian believes that

A prima facie duty is one that __________.

The utilitarian rejects which one of the following claims of the ethical egoist?

In virtue ethics, the primary question in ethics is:

Which of the following describes a major difference between Bentham’s and Mill’s ethics?

Which of the following claims would be that of a universal ethics egoist?

The second version of the categorical imperative says __________.

In deciding whether or not an action is just, Kant would disagree with Aristotle on which of the following points?

The reading by Herodotus illustrated the position of

James Rachel’s says that a consequence of cultural relativism is _______.

The text explained that ________ morality refers to the study of various cultures’ moral beliefs and practices and ________ ethics refers to the philosophical task of discerning which moral principle are rationally defensible.

which of the following statements contradicts ethics objectivism?

According to Kant, the basis of the categorical imperative is ________.

Which of the following was one of Plato’s nicknames for Aristotle?

One major point of Aristotle’s ethical philosophy was that

Aristotle set forth that if the dead retain any sense of good and evil, it _____.

The human soul, according to Aristotle, is conditioned by what three factors?

The word that describes the middle point between excess and deficiency is the _______.

Aristotle considered involuntary actions as those that __________.

How did Aristotle respond to Socrates’ statement that no man is willingly bad?

Courage is a mean between ___________.

The two main obstacles to free choice are__________.

Magnanimity is also know as __________.