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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which demographic of the Athenian population does Socrates single out for discussion?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The lawyers.
(c) The citizens.
(d) The sophists.

2. Socrates claims that he learned about love from which of the following?
(a) Meno.
(b) Plato.
(c) Diotima.
(d) Alcibides.

3. How does Socrates regard a timocracy?
(a) Socrates wonders about the possibility of military rule.
(b) Socrates thinks that timocracy is the best form of government in all cases.
(c) Socrates claims that honor and passion of a military leader, while not unjust, are imperfect qualities that you don't want in a leader.
(d) Socrates thinks that timocracy is the worst form of government.

4. What is an aristocracy?
(a) Rule by the millitary.
(b) Rule by the elite.
(c) Rule by poor.
(d) Rule by a family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Socrates discuss Asclepius' philosophy?

2. Why does Glaucon continue conversing with Socrates?

3. At whose house does the Symposium take place?

4. Socrates concludes which of the following about virtue?

5. What types of stories, according to Socrates, ought we to read to children when they are very young?

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