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

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

3. How does Polemarchus define justice?
(a) Allowing each man to live his life freely.
(b) Being fair in all contexts.
(c) Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
(d) Doing good to one's friends and evil to one's enemies.

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

5. According to Socrates' opinion, what is the second happiest social class of man in the world?
(a) The timocratic man.
(b) The merchant.
(c) The democratic man.
(d) The tyrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates, what happens when "one [is] mistaken in his judgment, and harms his friends, and helps his enemies, unknowingly"?

2. How does Socrates defend the point that men and women are equal?

3. What poet is cited by Cephalus to explain the paradox of old age?

4. How does Thrasymachus first define justice?

5. The common man is not concerned with beauty itself, but ___________.

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