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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Socrates, where would the republic's leaders live?
(a) In the Academy.
(b) Separately from the citizens.
(c) Among the citizens.
(d) In a palace in the country's largest city.

2. To illustrate one facet of his argument, Socrates employs the help of which character?
(a) Plato to clarify Socrates' words for a perplexed Meno.
(b) Meno's wife.
(c) A nearby slave boy to whom he teaches simple geometry.
(d) A nearby guard who speaks about virtuous people he knows.

3. Who is Asclepius?
(a) A ruler who looks kindly among his subjects.
(b) A tyrant who reigns over his people.
(c) A philosopher who offers a competing argument.
(d) A doctor who gave simple and quick treatments to his patients.

4. How does Meno respond to Socrates' question: "Do bees differ as bees, because there are many different kinds of them; or, are they not rather to be distinguished by some other quality, as for example beauty, size, or shape?"
(a) "I don't understand your question."
(b) "I should say that bees must differ from one another, as bees."
(c) "I should answer that bees do not differ from one another, as bees."
(d) "They're just bees. Who cares?"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Book IV Socrates has still not proved _______________.

2. At whose house does the Symposium take place?

3. Who is the last person to leave the symposium?

4. Why is Socrates worried about literature which contains wayward characters?

5. Ion is renowned for his ability to recite which famous poet?

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