Great Dialogues Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Great Dialogues Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Republic: Book IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Polemarchus define justice?
(a) Allowing each man to live his life freely.
(b) Doing good to one's friends and evil to one's enemies.
(c) Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
(d) Being fair in all contexts.

2. In order to respond to Glaucon's objections, Socrates ___________________.
(a) Posits an ideal city so that he might discover where justice comes from.
(b) Analogizes justice to fine skills like woodworking and carpentry.
(c) Changes the subject completely.
(d) Tries to find justice in animals before finding justice in humans.

3. Why does Socrates discuss Asclepius' philosophy?
(a) He has a practical approach of only treating patients whom he knows he can heal.
(b) He disagrees with Socrates about the ideal republic.
(c) His leadership is a good example of how not to lead.
(d) His leadership is well established.

4. What definition of virtue do Meno and Socrates borrow from "the poets"?
(a) Virtue is different for every person.
(b) Virtue is the unmoved mover of all things.
(c) Virtue is the desire and power to obtain good things.
(d) Virtue, like other abstract notions, resists our best attempts to define it.

5. When Ion admits to Socrates that he can only recite one poet's work well, Socrates is puzzled by which of the following?
(a) How Ion considers himself a philosopher.
(b) Ion's desire to speak with Socrates about his work.
(c) How an artistic skill can be limited in its expertise.
(d) Ion's hesitation to answer questions about his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Socrates' ideal city, poets and soothsayers:

2. To illustrate one facet of his argument, Socrates employs the help of which character?

3. Toward the end of Book IV Socrates weaves an analogy between________________.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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