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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Phaedo first arrives at the prison, what is Socrates doing?
(a) Crying like a madman.
(b) Speaking to the guards.
(c) Meditating.
(d) Writing poetry.

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

4. Who said, "the unexamined life is not worth living"?
(a) Cherephon.
(b) An unnamed member of the Athenian Council.
(c) Meletus.
(d) Socrates.

5. In Book X, Socrates returns to a discussion about _________.
(a) Military Strategy.
(b) Government.
(c) Social affairs.
(d) Poetry.

6. Socrates believes that a philosopher is best rewarded in death if ________.
(a) His soul is laid to rest, while his body continues to survive.
(b) His soul continues to survive, while his body is laid to rest.
(c) He is brought back to life.
(d) He becomes a god.

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

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

9. As a consequence of an elevated state of mind, Socrates explains that philosophers often have trouble_________.
(a) Being professional.
(b) Focusing on complicated issues.
(c) Apprehending absolute truths.
(d) With sensible and mundane activities.

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

11. According to Socrates' points in Book IV, the soul of a philosopher_____________________.
(a) Does not concern Socrates.
(b) Is better than the soul of a common man.
(c) Can be used for good and evil alike.
(d) Is easily persuadable.

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

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

14. Socrates believes that unjust men_________.
(a) Will not necessarily be punished in death.
(b) Will be punished in death.
(c) Don't deserve death and should have to live forever.
(d) Will be rewarded by the unjust gods.

15. In Apology, Socrates defends himself specifically from accusations made by___________.
(a) The Sophists and the Arians.
(b) Meno.
(c) Meletus.
(d) Evenus of Paros.

Short Answer Questions

1. The evil of the soul, explained in Book X by Socrates, is ___________.

2. Socrates firmly believes that poetry _____________.

3. The tyrannical man, according to Socrates, is characterized by___________.

4. With whom does Socrates discuss the education of soldiers and philosophers?

5. Socrates believes that the Sophists________________.

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