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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As a consequence of misology, or a hatred of logic/reasoning, Socrates explains how the common man has trouble_________.
(a) Serving his state.
(b) Apprehending absolute truths.
(c) Speaking literally.
(d) Apprehending simple concepts.

3. Socrates metaphorically refers to himself as __________,
(a) A growing pain in the body.
(b) The gadfly of the state.
(c) The bosom of the cow.
(d) A catalyst for a shift in power.

4. If led by true philosophers, Socrates argues that the republic would__________________.
(a) Not negotiate with other nations.
(b) Deal justly with foreigners.
(c) Be the most powerful state in the world.
(d) Reflect the same perfect justice, beauty, and goodness of its leaders.

5. In his discussion of education, Socrates says that arithmetic, geometry, and physics are worthwhile pursuits for which two groups of people?
(a) Philosophers and merchants.
(b) Traders and servants.
(c) Craftsmen and politicians.
(d) Philosophers and military generals.

6. How does Crito plan to aid Socrates?
(a) Crito wants to secretly bring Socrates food.
(b) By using his wealth and influence, Crito plans to get Socrates out of prison.
(c) Crito doesn't want to help Socrates.
(d) Formally appeal Socrates' case to a superior court.

7. What is Crito's relationship to Socrates?
(a) Crito is a Sophist, one of Socrates' enemies.
(b) Crito is a jail guard.
(c) Crito is Socrates' cousin
(d) Crito is a wealthy disciple of Socrates.

8. What is an oligarchy?
(a) Rule by the rich.
(b) Rule by the military.
(c) Rule by the elite.
(d) Rule by the poor.

9. Socrates firmly believes that poets ______________.
(a) Know exactly of what they are speaking.
(b) Are correct about the afterlife.
(c) Should be allowed to recite in the streets.
(d) Should be banished from his city.

10. According to Socrates' opinion, what does the common man's simple mind cause him to mistake?
(a) A ceasing of pain for pleasure.
(b) Examples for definitions.
(c) Reason for illogic.
(d) Emotions for arguments.

11. Wise souls, Socrates asserts, will always choose paths of_________.
(a) Pedagogy.
(b) Greed.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Avarice.

12. Socrates thinks that poets and painters are_____________.
(a) Categorically intelligent.
(b) Like gods, establishing reality through art.
(c) Imitators, only representing the things they try and capture.
(d) Useless and idle.

13. Where does Crito take place?
(a) The marketplace at Athens.
(b) A temple.
(c) A jail.
(d) Agathon's house.

14. In the then-present Greece, Socrates believes that __________.
(a) The rise of a philosopher-king, though desirable, is an impossible scenario.
(b) There are very few true philosophers.
(c) There are very many true philosophers.
(d) Sophists fill the role of philosophers.

15. According to Socrates, how should a good philosopher rule?
(a) Not associate with politics.
(b) Rule, but willingly so.
(c) Rule, but unwillingly so.
(d) Never rule because absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he first address the jury, Socrates_________.

2. After a philosopher's formal education is complete in the Republic, what does Socrates' think is the next step in his training?

3. According to Socrates in Book VII, to what should all philosophers aspire?

4. After the verdict, Socrates warns the Athenian jury that________.

5. How does Socrates regard a democracy?

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