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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Socrates, woman can____________.
(a) Reach heaven more quickly than men.
(b) Hold any job than men can hold.
(c) Offer proof of the immortal soul.
(d) Lead the republic.

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

3. According to Socrates, where would the republic's leaders live?
(a) Among the citizens.
(b) In the Academy.
(c) In a palace in the country's largest city.
(d) Separately from the citizens.

4. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?
(a) A small militia unit.
(b) A large group of slaves.
(c) Nobody, he is alone.
(d) His wife.

5. Socrates believes that the Sophists________________.
(a) Are evil imitators posing as philosophers.
(b) Are philosophers themselves.
(c) Have values worth learning from.
(d) Should be exiled on grounds of impiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. If led by true philosophers, Socrates argues that the republic would__________________.

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

3. Who is Glaucon?

4. 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?"

5. Who said the following: "may not the art of which neither teachers nor disciples exist be assumed to be incapable of being taught?"

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