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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the last person to leave the symposium?
(a) Appolodorus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Diotima.
(d) Aristophenes.

2. What is one of the reasons that Crito offers for coming to visit Socrates?
(a) Socrates asked Crito to come.
(b) Crito wants to find out what to do with Socrates' sons.
(c) Crito misses Socrates.
(d) If Crito didn't come to try to rescue Socrates, it would reflect poorly on himself and Socrates' supporters.

3. According to Socrates, what is the best form of government?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Timocracy.

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

5. What must the philosopher, according to Socrates in Book VI, employ in order to attain knowledge of "absolute good"?
(a) Judgment against "absolute evil."
(b) Guessing and hoping he gets lucky.
(c) Public opinion of theoretical subjects.
(d) Hypotheses about what is good in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates regard a timocracy?

2. In order to respond to Glaucon's objections, Socrates ___________________.

3. Socrates metaphorically refers to himself as __________,

4. Who is the surprise visitor to the symposium, and why does he come?

5. Socrates thinks that poets and painters are_____________.

(see the answer key)

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