Great Dialogues Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Great Dialogues Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One virtue that Socrates constantly refers to in his reasoning throughout Book III is_____________.
(a) Courage.
(b) Balance.
(c) Originality.
(d) Will.

2. To illustrate one facet of his argument, Socrates employs the help of which character?
(a) A nearby guard who speaks about virtuous people he knows.
(b) Plato to clarify Socrates' words for a perplexed Meno.
(c) Meno's wife.
(d) A nearby slave boy to whom he teaches simple geometry.

3. Whose stories does Socrates think dangerous for the moral turpitude of his city's citizens?
(a) Various works by Pindar.
(b) Aristotle's Poetics.
(c) Heretical poetry by Shakespeare and Ben Johnson.
(d) Hesoid's Theogeny.

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

5. According to Socrates' insinuation, artistic knowledge is characterized as which of the following?
(a) Universal.
(b) Useless.
(c) Ironic.
(d) Subjective.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to respond to Glaucon's objections, Socrates ___________________.

2. According to Socrates' radical math, the tyrant's life is 729 times________.

3. Socrates thinks that poets and painters are_____________.

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

5. Where is courage found in Socrates' republic?

(see the answer key)

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