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Republic 9

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the "desires that wake in sleep?"

a)

alcoholism

b)

melancholy

c)

eroticism

d)

all options are correct

2.

The tyrannical soul turns to all of the following except ___.

a)

squandering money

b)

true friendship

c)

treason

d)

crime

3.

The first proof that "tyrannical" people are "most wretched" is that they ___.

a)

always get their own way

b)

are never truly free

c)

exercise moderation

d)

are just

4.

The second proof that "tyrannical" people are "most wretched" is that they ___.

a)

always get their own way

b)

are never truly free

c)

exercise moderation

d)

do not experience the satisfactions native to the parts of their souls that are enslaved

5.

The third proof that "tyrannical" people are "most wretched" is that they ___.

a)

always get their own way

b)

are never truly free

c)

cater to desires that can never really be satisfied

d)

do not experience the satisfactions native to the parts of their souls that are enslaved

6.

To reiterate the parts of the soul and the characteristics of each, Socrates & Co. ___.

a)

create a kind of tripartite image

b)

compose a brief story in epic verse

c)

ask Thrasymachus to explain his idea more clearly