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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cephalus tends to his sacrifice, who immediately takes his place in conversation with Socrates?
(a) Thrasymachus.
(b) Polemarchus.
(c) Glaucon.
(d) Aristotle.

2. The common man is not concerned with beauty itself, but ___________.
(a) He is concerned with more abstract notions.
(b) He concerns himself with only practical matters.
(c) He is concerned for his soul.
(d) He is concerned with beautiful things.

3. Who is Glaucon?
(a) Socrates' son.
(b) The ideal solider.
(c) One of the interlocutors.
(d) Not philosophically ambitious.

4. From which poet does Polemarchus derive his definition of justice?
(a) Aristophenes.
(b) Homer.
(c) Pindar.
(d) Simonides.

5. In Book IX, how does Socrates describe a tyrant?
(a) Confused and worried about the wrong things.
(b) Miserable, living in constant fear.
(c) Tired because he works long hours.
(d) Elated at his sheer power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the rulers in Socrates' republic?

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

3. In Book IX,what is the soldier's deepest pleasure?

4. Whom does Socrates think is the fourth (and least) happiest social class of man in the republic?

5. How does Socrates plan to keep the soldiers of the republic from fighting?

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