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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Republic: Book IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Socrates' interlocutors object to in the beginning of Book V?
(a) All children and women should be shared (and raised) in common.
(b) They do not give Socrates any objections until later in the dialogue.
(c) All property would be owned by a family.
(d) Children must be born on the 7th of the month.

2. Whom does Socrates think is the fourth (and least) happiest social class of man in the republic?
(a) The aristocrat.
(b) The democratic man.
(c) The king.
(d) The tyrant.

3. What poet is cited by Cephalus to explain the paradox of old age?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Petrach.
(c) Pindar.
(d) Homer.

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

5. How does Thrasymachus first define justice?
(a) "Making laws to one's own disadvantage."
(b) "Being impartial and unbiased in all decisions."
(c) "Acting selflessly, so that the kingdom may prosper."
(d) "Nothing other than the advantage of the stronger."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Polemarchus define justice?

2. How does Socrates defend the point that men and women are equal?

3. According to Socrates' opinion, what is the second happiest social class of man in the world?

4. In Book IX,what is the soldier's deepest pleasure?

5. Who is Glaucon?

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