Directions: Fill blank (4) with the appropriate word from the given choices.

Direct democracy is the oldest form of democracy. Athens was a direct democracy because with only 50,000 citizens, it had (1) diversity and was manageably small. But even there, since it was not practical for all citizens to vote every day, a few voted on a given day. These few were elected and picked (2) by lot. Socrates and Plato, on the other hand, (3) direct democracy and had no faith in the mob's wisdom. They thought that direct democracy is (4) to demagoguery and the (5) of the mob.