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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To understand Ion's poetically inspired spirit, Socrates employs a metaphor of which of the following?
(a) An eye attempting to see itself, explaining how our mental visions are limited by the bounds of our brain.
(b) A newly born start to explain how small and insignificant our world is in the greater picture.
(c) A dying animal to explain how the sole individual is part of a significant collective.
(d) A magnet to explain how a poet's inspiration moves from the muse to the audience.

2. At whose house does the Symposium take place?
(a) Alcidbides.
(b) Phaedrus.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Socrates.

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

4. Who is Glaucon?
(a) Not philosophically ambitious.
(b) One of the interlocutors.
(c) Socrates' son.
(d) The ideal solider.

5. Socrates argues that the philosopher __________.
(a) Does not take kindly to dissent.
(b) Is idle only in body, but not in mind.
(c) Is quick-witted and knows how to get what he wants.
(d) Takes pleasure in knowledge, has a good memory, and is a virtuous person.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Socrates discuss the education of soldiers and philosophers?

2. How does Polemarchus define justice?

3. What is a symposium?

4. Socrates argues that laws are___________.

5. Which one of the following scenarios, according to Socrates, would most likely give rise to a tyrannical government?

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