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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Socrates' opinion, what is the third happiest social class of man in the world?
(a) The tyrant.
(b) The democratic man.
(c) The atheistic man.
(d) The philosophy student.

2. In Ion, Socrates compares Ion to which of the following?
(a) Greek artists and sculptors.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Religious prophets.
(d) Plato.

3. As a consequence of misology, or a hatred of logic/reasoning, Socrates explains how the common man has trouble_________.
(a) Serving his state.
(b) Speaking literally.
(c) Apprehending absolute truths.
(d) Apprehending simple concepts.

4. Who is Eryximachus?
(a) The last speaker and surprise guest at the symposium.
(b) A poet who argues that men and woman were once fused beings.
(c) A philosopher who attacks Pausanias' postion.
(d) A doctor who argues that love is like a medicine curing life's ailments.

5. According to Socrates, what is the best form of government?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Oligarchy.
(c) Timocracy.
(d) Aristocracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Socrates' ideal nation, literature which depicts the afterlife should depict it as___________.

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

3. Socrates believes that unjust men_________.

4. According to Socrates' opinion, what is the second happiest social class of man in the world?

5. Whose stories does Socrates think dangerous for the moral turpitude of his city's citizens?

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