Republic 10

Who creates, say, an actual couch?

• god

• craftsman

• painter

Who creates an image of a couch?

• god

• craftsman

• painter

Who creates the idea of a couch?

• god

• craftsman

• painter

Which is the most perfect and permanent?

• the idea of the couch

• the actual couch you can sit on

• the picture of the couch

According to Socrates, Homer and the poets are most like ___.

• god

• the craftsman

• the painter

Since Homer and the poets flatter the desires and show human beings only as objects of humor or pity, ___.

• they must be welcomed into the state

• they must be made rulers in the state

• they must be banished from the state

Why does Socrates believe the soul to be immortal?

• it does not get sick

• Greek religion taught him that this was so

• because reincarnation, he believed, was an observable fact

The just, in the end, if not rewarded with respect and success, are ultimately rewarded ___.

• not at all

• in the songs of the poets

• in the afterlife

The Myth of Er: in the meadow, the ___ lead to heaven or Hades.

• exits

• entrances

• seven-day stay

• all deeds are requited 10-fold

The Myth of Er: in the meadow, the ___ come from heaven or Hades.

• exits

• entrances

• seven-day stay

• all deeds are requited 10-fold