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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. With whom does Socrates discuss the education of soldiers and philosophers?
(a) Meno.
(b) Glaucon.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Adeimantus.

5. Socrates concludes Book X with a theory of _______________.
(a) Revolution for the government.
(b) Reincarnation of souls.
(c) Metaphysical phenomenology.
(d) Reverse psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book VII Socrates weaves an analogy suggesting that the common man is like________.

2. What is a democracy?

3. What is an oligarchy?

4. According to Socrates, what is the best form of government?

5. According to Socrates, what would be one way for philosopher-rule to commence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Crito's and Socrates' relationship. Why is this important to the dialogue?

2. What are the five tell-tale traits of an aspiring philosopher, according to Socrates?

3. Why does Socrates think that aspiring philosophers should be instructed in dialectic only at the end of their educations?

4. Why does Socrates say in Book VII that "philosophers don't want to rule"?

5. What, does Socrates think, is the best form of government?

6. How can tyranny arise in a democratic state?

7. What happens to the soul after it is dead, according to Socrates?

8. Why is democracy dangerous, according to Socrates?

9. Why does Socrates think the Sophists are evil?

10. Why can't the common man see the world like the philosopher, according to Socrates?

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