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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a democracy?
(a) Rule by the poor.
(b) Rule by the military.
(c) Rule by the rich.
(d) Rule by the elite.

2. According to Socrates, how should a good philosopher rule?
(a) Not associate with politics.
(b) Rule, but unwillingly so.
(c) Never rule because absolute power corrupts absolutely.
(d) Rule, but willingly so.

3. Socrates explains that the common man sees the philosopher as useless because_________.
(a) He is blinded by ignorance, not seeing the intrinsic importance to their purpose.
(b) He is self-serving, and, therefore, despises those who judge him.
(c) He is concerned with the soul, not with books.
(d) He mistakes thoughfulness for idleness.

4. Why is Socrates worried about literature which contains wayward characters?
(a) He thinks that people will imitate such characters.
(b) Socrates is not worried about such fictional characters.
(c) Socrates hates fiction.
(d) He wants every story for have a moral.

5. Socrates thinks that poets and painters are_____________.
(a) Imitators, only representing the things they try and capture.
(b) Categorically intelligent.
(c) Useless and idle.
(d) Like gods, establishing reality through art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Socrates walking with when he is stopped by a group of men urging him to come to Cephalus' house?

2. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?

3. According to Socrates, woman can____________.

4. What are "the three"?

5. To Socrates, government is best analogized as being similar to the human _________.

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