The Republic (Plato), Introduction -- Book 2
This quiz is for my personal use, compiled (verbatim) from questions from tests in my philosophy class. Y'all are free to take it, but be warned, my teacher makes mistakes.
- 1.According to Cephalus, what desire increases when age blunts one's enjoyment of physical pleasures?
- A.
The desire to be among friends.
- B.
The desire for rational conversation.
- C.
The desire to instruct younger men and women.
- D.
The desire to give in to one's "mad masters."
- 2.According to Cephalus, what is to blame for the "woes" of old men?
- A.
Character.
- B.
Deprivation.
- C.
Lack of respect.
- D.
Physical weakness.
- 3.According to Cephalus, what happens to a man who has done wrong when he is near death?
- A.
He thinks about punishment in a future life for wrongs done in this life.
- B.
He is filled with doubts and fears.
- C.
He often wakes up at night in terror.
- D.
All of the above.
- 4.After Polemarchus takes over for Cephalus and continues the argument with Socrates, what does he claim constitues justice?
- A.
Giving everyman his due
- B.
Giving only sane men their due.
- C.
Giving men their due but excluding women.
- D.
Both A and C.
- 5.What flaw does Socrates expose in Thrasymachus' argument concerning justice?
- A.
Laws are made by infallible leaders and are always right.
- B.
Rulers enact laws which benefit all men.
- C.
Some rules make mistakes about their own best interests.
- D.
Some rulers work with others to correct flawed laws.
- 6.Why does Socrates use the analogy of the ship's captain and his crew?
- A.
To illustrate Thrasymachus' idea of the strongest party always being right.
- B.
To illustrate that leaders must place the interests of their people before their own interests.
- C.
To show how a ruler exercises his authority in his interest.
- D.
To show that all laws and decisions benefit a small circle of people.
- 7.According to Thrasymachus, what is the extreme of injustice and wrongdoing?
- A.
Democracy
- B.
Tyranny
- C.
Anarchy
- D.
Oligarchy
- 8.What frightens honest men into accepting power?
- A.
The penalty of being governed by someone worse than himself or herself.
- B.
The ridicule they will receive from peers.
- C.
The chance to make money.
- D.
The threat of punishment from the masses.
- 9.What does Socrates mean by the "function" of a thing?
- A.
Something that a thing does best, or its "particular excellence."
- B.
The spectrum of things that a thing does.
- C.
How something performs.
- D.
Both the good and bad aspects of a thing.
- 10.According to Socrates, which of the following is NOT a conclusion of his argument with Thrasymachus?
- A.
The just man will have a good life, and the unjust a bad life.
- B.
The man who has a good life is prosperous, and his opposite the reverse.
- C.
Justice is an excellence that can make men happy.
- D.
It never pays to be miserable.
- 11.According to Glaucon, what motive will all men naturally follow if they are not forcibly restrained by laws?
- A.
Liberty.
- B.
Self-interest.
- C.
Justice.
- D.
All of the above.
- 12.Which of the following does Glaucon NOT believe?
- A.
Man will always do wrong if given the chance.
- B.
No man is just of his own free will.
- C.
Injustice pays better than justice.
- D.
Men are compelled to be unjust.
- 13.How does Glaucon propose to judge which life--the life of injustice or the life of justice--is happier?
- A.
To examine men who are just and men who are unjust.
- B.
To push each life to its extreme.
- C.
To allow the guardians to decide.
- D.
Both B and C.
- 14.Which of the following does Adeimantus present as beliefs about right conduct in support of Glaucon?
- A.
Men do only right for what they can get out of it.
- B.
Men prefer to do wrong because it pays better.
- C.
Contemporary religious beliefs encourage wrongdoing.
- D.
All of the above.
- 15.Cephalus claims that in old age a man is freed from youthful desires and exists in a state of peace.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Those who have inherited money are twice as fond of it as those who have earned it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.The man who is near death who is conscious of no wrongdoing is filled with cheerfulness and hope.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.Cephalus believes that doing right consists simply and solely in truthfulness and returning anything one has borrowed.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.In his dialogue with Polemarchus, Socrates concludes that it is right and good to help one's friends and harm one's enemies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.When Thrasymachus enters into the argument concerning justice, Socrates says Justice is much more valuable than gold.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.When arguing with Thrasymachus about justice, Socrates claims he neither knows nor professes to know anything about the subject.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Thrasymachus accuses Socrates of being simple-minded.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Thrasymachus argues that the just man always comes out ahead of the unjust man.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.Socrates posits that justice implies excellence and knowledge while injustice involves ignorance.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Injustice renders an individual incapable of action because of internal conlict and division of purpose.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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