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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which subject should be taught last in Socrates' curriculum?
(a) Dialectic (the study of reasoning).
(b) Ontology (study of being).
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Logic.

2. Socrates is primarily charged with________________.
(a) Making the weaker arguments the stronger, corrupting the youth, and impiety.
(b) Forsaking the laws and disobeying his superiors.
(c) Violent public speech acts.
(d) Failing to appear in court previously.

3. After the verdict, Socrates warns the Athenian jury that________.
(a) If they exile him, he will spread slander about the Athenian justice system
(b) They are acting unjustly by carrying out the entire trial in one day.
(c) If they execute him, they will only be hurting themselves, as his role will be impossible to replace.
(d) If they do not convict him, the public will think them weak.

4. After a philosopher's formal education is complete in the Republic, what does Socrates' think is the next step in his training?
(a) Holding a military post in order to see if he can resist temptation in the field.
(b) Working towards a professorship.
(c) Going into the street and spreading his knowledge to the masses.
(d) Living abroad and returning only when summoned.

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

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

7. Philosophers, according to Socrates' analogy, are which of the following?
(a) The farmers who cut the chickens' heads off.
(b) Men freed from the cave, seeing the shadow puppets for what they are.
(c) The parasite sitting in the beast's stomach, making it hungry.
(d) Wind making the willows flap.

8. To Socrates, government is best analogized as being similar to the human _________.
(a) Brain.
(b) Heart.
(c) Limbs.
(d) Soul.

9. Who is Cebes?
(a) Slave and master.
(b) Son and father.
(c) Ally and enemy.
(d) Husband and wife.

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

11. According to Socrates, what did the Oracle at Delphi tell Socrates and Cherephon?
(a) Socrates would be executed if he returned to Athens.
(b) The Thirty Tyrants would bring times of war followed by prosperity.
(c) The Oracle would not speak to Socrates and Cherephon.
(d) Socrates was the wisest man alive.

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

13. According to Socrates in Book VII, how many years must a philosopher work after finishing his education in order to become a ruler?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) One year.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Five years.

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

15. "A good man [who is] grieving," says Socrates," will attempt to moderate his grief through _________."
(a) Reason.
(b) Skepticism.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an aristocracy?

2. How does Socrates regard a timocracy?

3. Who is Evenus of Paros?

4. Tyranny is most likely to occur under which form of government?

5. Wise souls, Socrates asserts, will always choose paths of_________.

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