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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Phaedo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Socrates worried about literature which contains wayward characters?
(a) Socrates is not worried about such fictional characters.
(b) He wants every story for have a moral.
(c) He thinks that people will imitate such characters.
(d) Socrates hates fiction.

2. Why does Glaucon continue conversing with Socrates?
(a) Because he agrees with Socrates that injustice is better than justice.
(b) Because he is convinced he can win an argument against Socrates.
(c) Because he is provoked by Adeimantus to do so.
(d) Because he is not satisfied with Socrates' response to Thrasymachus.

3. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?
(a) A small militia unit.
(b) A large group of slaves.
(c) His wife.
(d) Nobody, he is alone.

4. Who is Evenus of Paros?
(a) The man who will execute Socrates.
(b) One of Socrates' accusers.
(c) A member of the Athenian jury.
(d) A poet and orator who charges five minas for instruction.

5. What does Socrates assert about his views of the ideal state?
(a) They are without flaw.
(b) They will bring about the coming of a new empire.
(c) They break certain established social norms.
(d) They are based on insidious accusations against the current ruling power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ultimately, Socrates concludes that justice is______________.

2. Socrates metaphorically refers to himself as __________,

3. According to Socrates, what did the Oracle at Delphi tell Socrates and Cherephon?

4. Socrates claims that he learned about love from which of the following?

5. In Apology, Socrates defends himself specifically from accusations made by___________.

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