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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Socrates' points in Book IV, the soul of a philosopher_____________________.
(a) Can be used for good and evil alike.
(b) Does not concern Socrates.
(c) Is better than the soul of a common man.
(d) Is easily persuadable.

2. In Socrates' ideal nation, literature which depicts the afterlife should depict it as___________.
(a) Positive.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Foreboding.
(d) Negative.

3. According to Socrates, woman can____________.
(a) Lead the republic.
(b) Offer proof of the immortal soul.
(c) Reach heaven more quickly than men.
(d) Hold any job than men can hold.

4. What counter-example does Socrates employ as evidence that a state is flawed?
(a) Diplomats make more money than labors in problematic regions.
(b) Poor doctors exist where there are poor statesmen.
(c) When innocent men are sentenced to death, a state is flawed.
(d) "Rich" soldiers in other cities make poor soldiers and poor leaders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates, where would the republic's leaders live?

2. What is an oligarchy?

3. Philosophers, according to Socrates' analogy, are which of the following?

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

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

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