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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the soldiers of the republic explicitly forbidden to do, according to Socrates?
(a) Execute war criminals.
(b) Have sex with non-family members.
(c) Commit atrocities, such as enslavement and land-burning, against fellow Greeks.
(d) Take bribes.

2. Whose side is Adeimantus on, at least in the beginning of the dialogue?
(a) He has his own distinct position.
(b) Socrates'.
(c) He does not advocate his own position, and he is on neither Glaucon's nor Socrates' side.
(d) Glaucon's.

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

4. Which of the following ideas are not mentioned in Book VI?
(a) Learning is a process of recalling past knowledge.
(b) Philosophers can do good and evil.
(c) Hypotheses are helpful, but only when you cannot apprehend an idea without an example.
(d) The intellectual life of the philosopher is very rigorous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Ion, Socrates concludes that Ion's ability to memorize poetry is which of the following?

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

3. According to Socrates, to what does a true philosopher owe his life?

4. In Book IX, what is the common man's deepest pleasure?

5. What does Cephalus say to Socrates about old age?

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