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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book IX, what is the common man's deepest pleasure?
(a) Truth.
(b) Material gain.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Sex.

2. According to Socrates, what happens when "one [is] mistaken in his judgment, and harms his friends, and helps his enemies, unknowingly"?
(a) He is just.
(b) It doesn't matter; one would never do this.
(c) He is unjust.
(d) He claims to know justice, but doesn't.

3. According to Socrates' opinion, what does the common man's simple mind cause him to mistake?
(a) A ceasing of pain for pleasure.
(b) Emotions for arguments.
(c) Examples for definitions.
(d) Reason for illogic.

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

5. What analogies does Socrates employ to refute Thrasymachus' position on justice?
(a) He compares the skill of a leader to the respective skills of a doctor, house-builder, and sailor.
(b) He compares a money-maker to a philosopher and a clergyman.
(c) He compares justice to food, both nourishing the soul.
(d) He compares democracy to dictatorship and aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the rulers in Socrates' republic?

2. When Cephalus tends to his sacrifice, who immediately takes his place in conversation with Socrates?

3. In Book V, what is the philosopher concerned with, according to Socrates?

4. How does Socrates refute Polemarchus' definition of justice?

5. How does Polemarchus define justice?

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