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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Socrates argues that the philosopher __________.
(a) Is quick-witted and knows how to get what he wants.
(b) Does not take kindly to dissent.
(c) Takes pleasure in knowledge, has a good memory, and is a virtuous person.
(d) Is idle only in body, but not in mind.

2. Who is Socrates walking with when he is stopped by a group of men urging him to come to Cephalus' house?
(a) Thrasymachus.
(b) Meno.
(c) Plato.
(d) Glaucon.

3. How are leaders chosen in Socrates' ideal republic?
(a) Every citizen would have equal access to political power.
(b) They would all be the soldiers in training who appeared to love their city more than most.
(c) They would be elected by the common men.
(d) The richest members of the republic will lead it.

4. When he first meets Socrates, Meno asks the following question:
(a) How do we know if what we are seeing in the physical world actually exists?
(b) Where he can learn how to be a philosopher?
(c) Is justice necessarily a good thing?
(d) Is virtue taught, or is it inherent to good people?

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) Commit atrocities, such as enslavement and land-burning, against fellow Greeks.
(d) Take bribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates, what would be one way for philosopher-rule to commence?

2. According to Socrates, woman can____________.

3. What analogies does Socrates employ to refute Thrasymachus' position on justice?

4. In Socrates' ideal nation, literature which depicts the afterlife should depict it as___________.

5. How does Meno respond to Socrates' question: "Do bees differ as bees, because there are many different kinds of them; or, are they not rather to be distinguished by some other quality, as for example beauty, size, or shape?"

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