Deck 3: Socrates: An Examined Life

Question 1

Socrates was said to have been physically __________ and personally __________.

A) attractive; dogmatic
B) unattractive; charismatic
C) fit; professional
D) decrepit; boring

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Unlike most philosophers before him, Socrates focused on __________.

A) explaining natural phenomena
B) examining people's core beliefs and moral thinking
C) logic
D) cosmological speculation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to Socrates, nothing is more important in life than __________.

A) pleasure and the absence of pain
B) care of the body
C) speaking well
D) care of the soul

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Socrates asked his interlocutors for __________.

A) explanations of the natural world
B) speculative theories on the heavens
C) definitions of ethical terms
D) well-reasoned political positions

Question 5

Socrates's method of philosophy most often begins with a __________.

A) logical paradox
B) riddle
C) question about the meaning of a concept
D) religious controversy

Question 6

The reductio ad absurdum is a type of __________.

A) reason
B) argument
C) lecture
D) experiment

Question 7

Socrates was branded a(n) __________ by many of his contemporaries, including the playwright Aristophanes.

A) demagogue
B) sophist
C) anarchist
D) relativist

Question 8

Socrates claimed he did not accept __________ for teaching.

A) clothing
B) dinner invitations
C) political appointments
D) money

Question 9

Socrates equated virtue with __________.

A) knowledge
B) belief
C) faith
D) power

Question 10

According to Socrates, a preoccupation with __________ is a clear indication that one's soul is unhealthy.

A) nature
B) social status
C) virtue
D) knowledge

Question 11

The reductio ad absurdum shows an assumption to be __________.

Question 12

Socrates is concerned with __________.

A) the state of one's family affairs
B) the state of one's soul
C) one's political status
D) one's social status

Question 13

At his trial, Socrates refuses to cease __________ even on pain of death.

A) speaking
B) cross-examining Meletus
C) searching for a political solution to his problem
D) philosophizing

Question 14

The Oracle at Delphi declared no one was __________ than Socrates.

A) more ignorant
B) smarter
C) wiser
D) a better philosopher

Question 15

In the Apology, Socrates declares __________.

A) "I am indeed the wisest man who ever lived"
B) "I apologize for corrupting the youth"
C) "The Sophists are best suited to improve the youth of Athens"
D) "The unexamined life is not worth living"

Question 16

Socrates asks the Athenian jury to __________.

A) listen to his words and arguments
B) take pity on his wife and children
C) spare his life
D) let him leave Athens

Question 17

At his trial, Socrates declares that he will __________.

A) stop philosophizing
B) engage in Athenian politics
C) not stop philosophizing
D) take care of his family

Question 18

Socrates professes __________.

A) truth
B) wisdom
C) knowledge
D) ignorance

Question 19

Sophists were __________.

A) public servants
B) poets
C) itinerant professors
D) religious prophets

Question 20

For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it results in grievous harm to the __________.

A) state
B) justice system
C) body
D) soul

Question 21

For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of __________.

A) knowledge
B) wealth
C) community
D) courage

Question 22

A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as __________.

A) an argument
B) the Socratic method
C) the Socratic jest
D) a debate

Question 23

If you assume that a set of statements is true, and yet you can deduce a false or absurd statement from it, then the original set of statements as a whole must be false. This kind of argument is known as __________.

A) modus tollens
B) modus ponens
C) hypothetical syllogism
D) reductio ad absurdum

Question 24

According to Socrates, the pursuit of __________ to the exclusion of all else is a clear sign of __________.

A) philosophical ambition; arrogance
B) worldly wisdom; sophistry
C) godliness; hubris
D) wealth and power; an unhealthy soul

Question 25

For Socrates the good of the soul is attained only through an uncompromising search for __________.

A) scientific laws
B) what's true and real
C) a theory of everything
D) what's physically necessary

Question 26

At his death, Socrates asks his friend Crito to __________.

A) clear his name
B) take revenge on his accusers
C) pay a debt
D) take care of his family

Question 27

At his trial, Socrates cross-examines __________.

A) Anytus
B) Plato
C) Meletus
D) Crito

Question 28

Socrates made many enemies throughout Athens by __________.

A) refusing to engage in military service
B) showing that people were not as wise as they thought
C) making too much money from his teaching
D) deliberately insulting people

Question 29

Socrates claims to be a __________ for Athens's sake.

A) gadfly
B) stingray
C) vulture
D) lion

Question 30

Socrates claims that __________ is not to be feared.

A) an unhealthy soul
B) death
C) prosecution
D) imprisonment

Question 31

Socrates influenced Plato and Aristotle through his grand metaphysical systems and many written works.

Question 32

Socrates thinks that the primary occupation of a good citizen should be the pursuit of wealth and prestige.

Question 33

According to Socrates, in doing anything we should always consider whether it is right or wrong.

Question 34

According to Socrates, nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death.

Question 35

At his trial, Socrates's cross-examination shows that Meletus's position is inconsistent.

Question 36

Socrates's interest in the well-being of the soul informs his method.

Question 37

Socrates admits he corrupts the youth.

Question 38

Socrates immediately accepts the Oracle's pronouncement that no one in Athens is wiser than he.

Question 39

Socrates accepts the charges against him, but uses the trial as an opportunity to explain how they came about.

Question 40

Socrates continues to philosophize even while awaiting his execution.

Question 41

Socrates holds that knowing the virtues means having them.

Question 42

Socrates believes that people pursue the good if they know what it is.

Question 43

Socrates is a committed Sophist.

Question 44

The Socratic method often takes the form of reductio ad absurdum.

Question 45

Socrates advocates moral relativism.

Question 46

Socrates endorses the idea that society should determine virtue.

Question 47

Socrates often demonstrates that people who think themselves wise really are not.

Question 48

Socrates is more concerned with his social standing than with philosophy.

Question 49

Socrates is primarily interested in questions about politics.

Question 50

Socrates admits he is an atheist.