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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The common man is not concerned with beauty itself, but ___________.
(a) He is concerned for his soul.
(b) He concerns himself with only practical matters.
(c) He is concerned with beautiful things.
(d) He is concerned with more abstract notions.

2. How does Socrates refute Polemarchus' definition of justice?
(a) Socrates asserts that doing evil, even to an evil man, makes the doer unjust.
(b) Socrates reasons that it is impossible to determine what is fair in every situation.
(c) Socrates shows Polemarchus that stealing from the rich is unjust.
(d) Socrates shows Polemarchus that every man is intrinsically free, regardless of the law.

3. Who is Asclepius?
(a) A tyrant who reigns over his people.
(b) A ruler who looks kindly among his subjects.
(c) A philosopher who offers a competing argument.
(d) A doctor who gave simple and quick treatments to his patients.

4. Describe Thrasymachus' view of Socrates.
(a) He can't follow Socrates' logic.
(b) He likes the Socratic method of reasoning.
(c) He chastizes Socrates for asking questions freely, but dodging them when he is asked a question himself.
(d) He hates Socrates and thinks Socrates is stupid.

5. Toward the end of Book IV Socrates weaves an analogy between________________.
(a) Heaven and hell.
(b) The individual and the city.
(c) The citizen and the king.
(d) Father and son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What definition of virtue do Meno and Socrates borrow from "the poets"?

2. Ion is renowned for his ability to recite which famous poet?

3. Meletus claims that Socrates said which of the following?

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

5. What is one example that Socrates uses to suggest that the city has already turned against him?

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