Plato, The Republic 9th Grade Final
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CORRECT Answers
Wise Souls, Socrates asserts, will always choose paths of ______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- virtue
Socrates believes that the "just man" is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A friend of the gods and
will be rewarded for being so
What kind of life does Odysseus choose? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A private man who
minds his own business(a philosopher)
When the souls were picking there next life, what happens to the soul who "won" the lottery
and got to choose first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Chose the life of a tyrant that would go
on to eat his children. He immediately regrets his decision and blames it on fate, even though
he was in full control
After their 1,000 year journey, the souls are taken where? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- On a
tour of the cosmos
The _______ are incurable and are deemed so bad that they are condemned to eternal
damnation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tyrants
The ______ (kind of person) go down and to the left for 1,000 of punishment - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- unjust
The ____ (what kind of man) go upward and to the right for 1,000 years of inconceivable joy.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- just
The "demonic place" in the Myth of Er is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the place where the
soul is judged before being sent on a 1,000 year journey
, In the Myth of Er, Er was a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Warrior who died and returned to
life and told what he say
Socrates concludes Book 10 with a Theory of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- reincarnation
Socrates firmly believes that poetry... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tends to prevent men
from leading good lives because it promotes psychological discord
Socrates firmly believes that poets... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- should be banished from
his city
A theme that Socrates introduces in Book 10 is... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- immortality of
the soul
Socrates believes that unjust men - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- will be punished in death
The evil of the soul, explained in book 10 by Socrates, is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
injustice
What is the irony/hypocrisy in Socrates' criticisms against poetry? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- He tells the story of Er
The second objection to poetry is a psychological critique of poetry. What are his objections?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. It depends on images and nourishes the irrational part of the
soul
2. Tragedy especially, imitates men who are conflicted, which is what makes it dramatic
3. The essence of drama is conflict, and thus antithetical to the philosopher
4. Poetry encourages psychological discord
5. The comic poet makes us laugh at things we shouldn't
Socrates first objection to poetry regards its false conception of reality, and is thus related to
the theory of the Forms. For example, there is the Form of the Couch, then the carpenter
builds it, then there is the painting of the couch. The "imitation" couch in the painting takes
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Wise Souls, Socrates asserts, will always choose paths of ______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- virtue
Socrates believes that the "just man" is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A friend of the gods and
will be rewarded for being so
What kind of life does Odysseus choose? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A private man who
minds his own business(a philosopher)
When the souls were picking there next life, what happens to the soul who "won" the lottery
and got to choose first? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Chose the life of a tyrant that would go
on to eat his children. He immediately regrets his decision and blames it on fate, even though
he was in full control
After their 1,000 year journey, the souls are taken where? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- On a
tour of the cosmos
The _______ are incurable and are deemed so bad that they are condemned to eternal
damnation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tyrants
The ______ (kind of person) go down and to the left for 1,000 of punishment - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- unjust
The ____ (what kind of man) go upward and to the right for 1,000 years of inconceivable joy.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- just
The "demonic place" in the Myth of Er is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the place where the
soul is judged before being sent on a 1,000 year journey
, In the Myth of Er, Er was a... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Warrior who died and returned to
life and told what he say
Socrates concludes Book 10 with a Theory of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- reincarnation
Socrates firmly believes that poetry... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Tends to prevent men
from leading good lives because it promotes psychological discord
Socrates firmly believes that poets... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- should be banished from
his city
A theme that Socrates introduces in Book 10 is... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- immortality of
the soul
Socrates believes that unjust men - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- will be punished in death
The evil of the soul, explained in book 10 by Socrates, is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
injustice
What is the irony/hypocrisy in Socrates' criticisms against poetry? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- He tells the story of Er
The second objection to poetry is a psychological critique of poetry. What are his objections?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. It depends on images and nourishes the irrational part of the
soul
2. Tragedy especially, imitates men who are conflicted, which is what makes it dramatic
3. The essence of drama is conflict, and thus antithetical to the philosopher
4. Poetry encourages psychological discord
5. The comic poet makes us laugh at things we shouldn't
Socrates first objection to poetry regards its false conception of reality, and is thus related to
the theory of the Forms. For example, there is the Form of the Couch, then the carpenter
builds it, then there is the painting of the couch. The "imitation" couch in the painting takes
