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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Socrates discuss the education of soldiers and philosophers?
(a) Adeimantus.
(b) Glaucon.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Meno.

2. According to Socrates, where would the republic's leaders live?
(a) Among the citizens.
(b) In the Academy.
(c) Separately from the citizens.
(d) In a palace in the country's largest city.

3. How does Thrasymachus first define justice?
(a) "Acting selflessly, so that the kingdom may prosper."
(b) "Making laws to one's own disadvantage."
(c) "Being impartial and unbiased in all decisions."
(d) "Nothing other than the advantage of the stronger."

4. What are the three social classes in the republic, according to Socrates?
(a) The rich, the poor, and the middle class.
(b) The philosophers, the sophists, and the warriors.
(c) The working-class, the soldiers, and the rulers.
(d) The leaders, the rebels, and everyone else.

5. In Ion, Socrates concludes that Ion's ability to memorize poetry is which of the following?
(a) An art that he learned from others.
(b) Divinely inspired, just like the very poets whom Ion recites.
(c) Proof that he knows what it actually means.
(d) Not proof that he knows what it actually means.

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates thinks that poets and painters are_____________.

2. According to Socrates' opinion, what does the common man's simple mind cause him to mistake?

3. Socrates firmly believes that poetry _____________.

4. How does Polemarchus define justice?

5. Adeimantus interrupts Socrates in the beginning of Book VI to ask him ____________.

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