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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The evil of the soul, explained in Book X by Socrates, is ___________.
(a) Dishonesty.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Fire.
(d) Treason.

2. Socrates firmly believes that poets ______________.
(a) Should be allowed to recite in the streets.
(b) Are correct about the afterlife.
(c) Know exactly of what they are speaking.
(d) Should be banished from his city.

3. Philosophers, according to Socrates' analogy, are which of the following?
(a) The farmers who cut the chickens' heads off.
(b) Men freed from the cave, seeing the shadow puppets for what they are.
(c) Wind making the willows flap.
(d) The parasite sitting in the beast's stomach, making it hungry.

4. Meletus claims that Socrates said which of the following?
(a) "There is no good reason to follow Athenian law."
(b) "That the gods do not exist."
(c) "That the sun's a stone and the moon is earth."
(d) "Everything is unified and there is no such thing as particulars."

5. Ultimately, Socrates concludes that justice is______________.
(a) Completely unknowable and therefore obsolete.
(b) A proper organization, balancing the various faculties of the soul.
(c) The power of the stronger.
(d) Completely unknowable, but nevertheless necessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates tell Ion about a person who can recite poetry well?

2. What is the major point of Aristophanes' speech?

3. Which of the following ideas are not mentioned in Book VI?

4. Though Glaucon is primarily concerned about justice within the individual, Socrates first begins by analyzing __________.

5. Describe Thrasymachus' view of Socrates.

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