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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The tyrannical man, according to Socrates, is characterized by___________.
(a) Spending money frivolously.
(b) A lack of temperance or restraint in any of his desires.
(c) Extreme paranoia.
(d) A quickness to express wayward thoughts.

2. Though Glaucon is primarily concerned about justice within the individual, Socrates first begins by analyzing __________.
(a) Virtue as it is demanded of the city's leaders.
(b) Justice as it relates to a small family.
(c) Glaucon's own virtue.
(d) Justice as it relates to an entire city's population.

3. Where is wisdom found in Socrates' ideal republic?
(a) In the slaves who labor in it.
(b) In those who rule and order it.
(c) In Socrates, and others like him.
(d) In the moral law.

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

5. One virtue that Socrates constantly refers to in his reasoning throughout Book III is_____________.
(a) Will.
(b) Originality.
(c) Balance.
(d) Courage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Socrates metaphorically refers to himself as __________,

3. How does Socrates refute Polemarchus' definition of justice?

4. In Ion, Socrates compares Ion to which of the following?

5. According to Socrates, what are the three parts of the soul?

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