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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What poet is cited by Cephalus to explain the paradox of old age?
(a) Homer.
(b) Petrach.
(c) Pindar.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. What do Socrates' interlocutors object to in the beginning of Book V?
(a) They do not give Socrates any objections until later in the dialogue.
(b) All children and women should be shared (and raised) in common.
(c) Children must be born on the 7th of the month.
(d) All property would be owned by a family.

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

5. Describe Thrasymachus' view of Socrates.
(a) He can't follow Socrates' logic.
(b) He likes the Socratic method of reasoning.
(c) He hates Socrates and thinks Socrates is stupid.
(d) He chastizes Socrates for asking questions freely, but dodging them when he is asked a question himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Book IX, the democratic man is described by Socrates as one who_________.

3. What are the soldiers of the republic explicitly forbidden to do, according to Socrates?

4. From which poet does Polemarchus derive his definition of justice?

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

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