The text is Republic by Plato
Part A: According to the text, some of the most important qualities in a leader are:
A. Ruthlessness and the ability to make quick decisions under pressure
B. To be mild-mannered and treat all ones subjects with equality
C. To have an excitement for and ability to learn
D. To be well versed in the history of war and skilled on the battlefield
Part B: Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to part A?
A. "But then, if I am right, certain professors of education must be wrong when they say that they can put a knowledge into the soul which was not there before, like sight into blind eyes."
B. "Men would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes; and that it was better not even to think of ascending..."
C. "Well, I said, and you would agree (would you not?) that what has been said about the State and the government is not a mere dream, and although difficult not impossible, but only possible in the way which has been supposed..."
D. "Such gifts as keenness and ready powers of acquisition; for the mind more often faints from the severity of study than from the severity of gymnastics..."
