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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Glaucon.
(d) Plato.

2. How does Dimotia characterize love?
(a) Crude and deceitful, like the desire for immortality.
(b) Beautiful and pure, like virtue or reason.
(c) Curious and enigmatic, like the Gods.
(d) Grounded and rational, like a mathematical equation.

3. In Socrates' ideal city, poets and soothsayers:
(a) Would not be allowed to speak falsely about the gods.
(b) Would lead religious ceremonies.
(c) Would be considered useless and expelled.
(d) Would be rich while the workers would be poor.

4. One large theme that permeates throughout Meno is:
(a) A proposition can only be deemed valid if it is testable in the empirical world.
(b) Non- virtuous people can still perform virtuous actions
(c) There can never be universal ethics.
(d) Learning is really a recollection of old knowledge.

5. In order to respond to Glaucon's objections, Socrates ___________________.
(a) Analogizes justice to fine skills like woodworking and carpentry.
(b) Posits an ideal city so that he might discover where justice comes from.
(c) Tries to find justice in animals before finding justice in humans.
(d) Changes the subject completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eryximachus?

2. Which of the following does Socrates reason about poetry?

3. Who gives the last formal speech at the symposium?

4. According to Socrates' insinuation, artistic knowledge is characterized as which of the following?

5. According to Socrates, what happens when "one [is] mistaken in his judgment, and harms his friends, and helps his enemies, unknowingly"?

(see the answer key)

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