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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If led by true philosophers, Socrates argues that the republic would__________________.
(a) Not negotiate with other nations.
(b) Reflect the same perfect justice, beauty, and goodness of its leaders.
(c) Be the most powerful state in the world.
(d) Deal justly with foreigners.

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

3. How does Socrates defend the point that men and women are equal?
(a) Though they have different natures, they can perform the same tasks.
(b) Though they have different external organs, their internal ones are similar.
(c) Men need women to exist (and vice-versa), so man and woman are better regarded as parts of a whole rather than individuals.
(d) Though men are physically stronger, women are emotionally stronger.

4. Who is Asclepius?
(a) A tyrant who reigns over his people.
(b) A philosopher who offers a competing argument.
(c) A doctor who gave simple and quick treatments to his patients.
(d) A ruler who looks kindly among his subjects.

5. How does Thrasymachus first define justice?
(a) "Acting selflessly, so that the kingdom may prosper."
(b) "Being impartial and unbiased in all decisions."
(c) "Making laws to one's own disadvantage."
(d) "Nothing other than the advantage of the stronger."

Short Answer Questions

1. When first asked by Socrates to define virtue, Meno responds with which of the following?

2. How does Socrates plan to keep the soldiers of the republic from fighting?

3. In the dialogue, Meno blames the confusion in his speech on which of the following?

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

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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