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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book IX, how does Socrates describe a tyrant?
(a) Confused and worried about the wrong things.
(b) Miserable, living in constant fear.
(c) Tired because he works long hours.
(d) Elated at his sheer power.

2. What are the three social classes in the republic, according to Socrates?
(a) The rich, the poor, and the middle class.
(b) The working-class, the soldiers, and the rulers.
(c) The leaders, the rebels, and everyone else.
(d) The philosophers, the sophists, and the warriors.

3. Who gives the first speech at the symposium?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Eryximachus.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Agathon.

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

5. According to Socrates' radical math, the tyrant's life is 729 times________.
(a) Less pleasant than the philosopher's life.
(b) More laudable than the common man's life.
(c) Less exciting than the soldier's life.
(d) More worthy than an elected leader's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates plan to keep the soldiers of the republic from fighting?

2. In his first argument, Glaucon asserts that is better to __________.

3. What do Socrates' interlocutors object to in the beginning of Book V?

4. How does Socrates regard a timocracy?

5. Socrates argues that laws are___________.

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