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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Republic: Book IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates assert about his views of the ideal state?
(a) They will bring about the coming of a new empire.
(b) They break certain established social norms.
(c) They are based on insidious accusations against the current ruling power.
(d) They are without flaw.

2. The tyrannical man, according to Socrates, is characterized by___________.
(a) A lack of temperance or restraint in any of his desires.
(b) A quickness to express wayward thoughts.
(c) Spending money frivolously.
(d) Extreme paranoia.

3. Who are the rulers in Socrates' republic?
(a) The doctors.
(b) The philosophers.
(c) The warriors.
(d) The students.

4. In Book V, what is the philosopher concerned with, according to Socrates?
(a) Justice, and only justice.
(b) Absolute being.
(c) Beautiful things.
(d) The afterlife.

5. What are the soldiers of the republic explicitly forbidden to do, according to Socrates?
(a) Have sex with non-family members.
(b) Execute war criminals.
(c) Take bribes.
(d) Commit atrocities, such as enslavement and land-burning, against fellow Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates' opinion, what is the third happiest social class of man in the world?

2. In Book IX, what is the philosopher's deepest pleasure?

3. How does Polemarchus define justice?

4. In Book IX, what is the common man's deepest pleasure?

5. How does Thrasymachus first define justice?

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