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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Republic: Book IV.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Though Glaucon is primarily concerned about justice within the individual, Socrates first begins by analyzing __________.
(a) Glaucon's own virtue.
(b) Justice as it relates to a small family.
(c) Justice as it relates to an entire city's population.
(d) Virtue as it is demanded of the city's leaders.
2. Why does Glaucon continue conversing with Socrates?
(a) Because he is provoked by Adeimantus to do so.
(b) Because he is not satisfied with Socrates' response to Thrasymachus.
(c) Because he agrees with Socrates that injustice is better than justice.
(d) Because he is convinced he can win an argument against Socrates.
3. To understand Ion's poetically inspired spirit, Socrates employs a metaphor of which of the following?
(a) A newly born start to explain how small and insignificant our world is in the greater picture.
(b) A dying animal to explain how the sole individual is part of a significant collective.
(c) An eye attempting to see itself, explaining how our mental visions are limited by the bounds of our brain.
(d) A magnet to explain how a poet's inspiration moves from the muse to the audience.
4. What are the three social classes in the republic, according to Socrates?
(a) The working-class, the soldiers, and the rulers.
(b) The philosophers, the sophists, and the warriors.
(c) The leaders, the rebels, and everyone else.
(d) The rich, the poor, and the middle class.
5. What types of stories, according to Socrates, ought we to read to children when they are very young?
(a) False ones (myths) that are not grounded in any truth.
(b) True ones with only true elements
(c) True ones with false elements.
(d) False ones (myths), with a true element.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a symposium?
2. What does Socrates tell Ion about a person who can recite poetry well?
3. Socrates concludes which of the following about virtue?
4. One large theme that permeates throughout Meno is:
5. Who gives the last formal speech at the symposium?
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