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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who said the following: "may not the art of which neither teachers nor disciples exist be assumed to be incapable of being taught?"
(a) Meno.
(b) The slave boy.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Meno's wife.

3. What definition of virtue do Meno and Socrates borrow from "the poets"?
(a) Virtue is the unmoved mover of all things.
(b) Virtue is different for every person.
(c) Virtue, like other abstract notions, resists our best attempts to define it.
(d) Virtue is the desire and power to obtain good things.

4. In the then-present Greece, Socrates believes that __________.
(a) The rise of a philosopher-king, though desirable, is an impossible scenario.
(b) There are very many true philosophers.
(c) Sophists fill the role of philosophers.
(d) There are very few true philosophers.

5. According to Socrates, what are the two ways of training the soul?
(a) Physical exercise and literary education.
(b) Conversation with oneself and with others.
(c) Religion and philosophy.
(d) Mediation and medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thrasymachus first define justice?

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

3. One virtue that Socrates constantly refers to in his reasoning throughout Book III is_____________.

4. According to Socrates, woman can____________.

5. Socrates believes that the Sophists________________.

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