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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Socrates explains that the common man sees the philosopher as useless because_________.
(a) He is self-serving, and, therefore, despises those who judge him.
(b) He mistakes thoughfulness for idleness.
(c) He is blinded by ignorance, not seeing the intrinsic importance to their purpose.
(d) He is concerned with the soul, not with books.

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

3. What does Crito want Socrates to do?
(a) Break out of prison and leave Athens.
(b) Stop corrupting his son and the other young people in Greece.
(c) Drink hemlock.
(d) Appeal the conviction entered against Socrates.

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

5. Tyranny is most likely to occur under which form of government?
(a) Timocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Aristocracy.

6. In Book IX, what is the philosopher's deepest pleasure?
(a) Passion.
(b) Honor.
(c) Material gain.
(d) Truth.

7. When he first address the jury, Socrates_________.
(a) Says he will not fight the slander of others with slander.
(b) Asks a lot of questions.
(c) Vehemently denies the accusations against him.
(d) Excuses himself for speaking in common language familiar to him.

8. Socrates argues that the philosopher __________.
(a) Is quick-witted and knows how to get what he wants.
(b) Does not take kindly to dissent.
(c) Takes pleasure in knowledge, has a good memory, and is a virtuous person.
(d) Is idle only in body, but not in mind.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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 many true philosophers.
(c) There are very few true philosophers.
(d) Sophists fill the role of philosophers.

15. Why is Phaedo important?
(a) Because he was present at Socrates execution and spoke with Socrates before he died.
(b) Because he tried to break Socrates out of prison.
(c) Because Socrates willed Phaedo everything that Socrates owned.
(d) Because he personally executed Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cebes?

2. From Socrates' point of view, the philosopher is __________ than the tyrant.

3. Philosophers, according to Socrates' analogy, are which of the following?

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

5. Socrates believes that unjust men_________.

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