Historical/Founding Documents Persage 1 is adepted from Aristothe's Politics, first published is the fourth century BC. Persage 2 is adapted from Alexis de Trequeraller's "Why Demecretic Narions Show is More Artent and Enduring Love of I quality than of Liberry" in Democracy in America, forst published in 1840 and trentited here by Henry Reeve. Passage 1 Now the foundation of democratic state is liberty But one part of liberty is to govern and be governed atternately. For according to democratic justice equality is measured by numbers and not by worth. And this being just, it is necessary that the supreme power should be vested in the people at large and that what the majority determine should be final, so that in a democracy the poor ought to have more power than the rich. as being the greater number. These things, then, appertain to all democracies:namely, to be extablished on that principle of justice which is homogeneous to those governments, that is, that all the members of the state by number, should enjoy an equality which seems chiefly to coentitute a democracy, or government of the people. For it seems perfectly equal that the rich should have no more share in the government than the poor, not be alone in power, but that all should be equal, according to number. For than they think, the equality and liberty of the state best presenved. Passage 2 Freedoen has appeared in the world at different times and under various forms. It has not been exclusively bound to any social condition and it is not confined to denocracies freedom canot, therefore form the datinguishing characteristi ed democraticages. The pecular and preponderating fact which murks those ages as its own is the equality of conditions; the ruling passion of men in those periods is the love of this equality. Equality is the dintinguishing characteristi of the age they live in. 11. Mased on Passage A, the mother of Persage 1 believes which of the following? A) Alunctioning democran requires the rich to code their progrety for (i) Power in a democracy should be pranted proportionally not the the moint power. C) Democracy functions best when the selection of writing representatives in D) hevice and equality are only possible where 12. Which lises Persuge I best support the animal to the porrolest question? __ liberty's in Paragaph 1, Sentence ) Churane __ abernately? C) Peragraph 1, Sentence 4. Third this __ number? B) Parapaph 2, lentence ) If or this __ greserved? )3. According to the suthar of Passage 1,what is the foundation of a democratic state? A) Liberty On) fiquality C) Jutice (i) Power ) Accerting to Pensage a, freedom is A) the entinguishing characterist of democratic ages. to any secret condition. C) the ruling passos of mes in all periods