Great Dialogues Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Great Dialogues Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Socrates defend the point that men and women are equal?
(a) Though men are physically stronger, women are emotionally stronger.
(b) Though they have different natures, they can perform the same tasks.
(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 they have different external organs, their internal ones are similar.

2. The common man is not concerned with beauty itself, but ___________.
(a) He is concerned with more abstract notions.
(b) He concerns himself with only practical matters.
(c) He is concerned for his soul.
(d) He is concerned with beautiful things.

3. From which poet does Polemarchus derive his definition of justice?
(a) Pindar.
(b) Homer.
(c) Aristophenes.
(d) Simonides.

4. In the dialogue, Meno blames the confusion in his speech on which of the following?
(a) Himself, because he does not think himself a good exemplar of what virtue is.
(b) Himself, because he has not had ample time to prepare for a deep conversation.
(c) Socrates, because Socrates is not listening to Meno's points.
(d) Socrates, because Socrates is deliberately confusing Meno about a subject which Meno thought he knew.

5. How does Socrates regard an oligarchy?
(a) Socrates asserts that an oligarchy is worse than a democracy.
(b) Socrates thinks that class divisions are crucial to the success of an oligarchy.
(c) Socrates thinks that oligarchy is the best form of government in all cases.
(d) Socrates claims that oligarchy is dangerous because it often leads to an impoverished public.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet is cited by Cephalus to explain the paradox of old age?

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

3. In Book IX, how does Socrates describe a tyrant?

4. What are "the three"?

5. Socrates thinks that poets and painters are_____________.

(see the answer key)

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