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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He wants every story for have a moral.
(d) Socrates hates fiction.

2. Ion is renowned for his ability to recite which famous poet?
(a) Homer.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. Where is courage found in Socrates' republic?
(a) In the lawyers and judges who fight injustice.
(b) In the academics who strive for truth.
(c) In the labors who toil in the sun.
(d) In the soldiers who fight for it.

4. Who is Socrates walking with when he is stopped by a group of men urging him to come to Cephalus' house?
(a) Glaucon.
(b) Thrasymachus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Meno.

5. How does Socrates regard an oligarchy?
(a) Socrates claims that oligarchy is dangerous because it often leads to an impoverished public.
(b) Socrates thinks that class divisions are crucial to the success of an oligarchy.
(c) Socrates thinks that oligarchy is the best form of government in all cases.
(d) Socrates asserts that an oligarchy is worse than a democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an oligarchy?

2. In Socrates' ideal nation, literature which depicts the afterlife should depict it as___________.

3. Socrates argues that the philosopher __________.

4. As a consequence of an elevated state of mind, Socrates explains that philosophers often have trouble_________.

5. When first asked by Socrates to define virtue, Meno responds with which of the following?

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