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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Dinner-Party.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates believe about courage?
(a) It is solely a learned trait.
(b) It is his greatest virtue.
(c) It is largely innate but can be learned.
(d) It does not exist.

2. What does Socrates praise in a homily to show that he loved virtue?
(a) Money and power.
(b) The Greek government.
(c) The value of self-discipline.
(d) The sunshine.

3. What are the standards of virtue as seen by Socrates?
(a) Time management and athletic ability.
(b) Patience is the only virtue according to Socrates.
(c) Wealth and slave owning.
(d) Wisdom, justice, self-control, and piety.

4. What is the main theme compared to in Chapter 2?
(a) Religious tenets from around the globe.
(b) Being a gentleman.
(c) The golden rule.
(d) An ancient text of the Phoenicians.

5. What features do not fade according to Socrates?
(a) Those which come from loving a person's mind.
(b) Those which we do not use.
(c) Those we alter.
(d) Those we do not have.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the books show Socrates delivering his message to people?

2. Where does Chapter 3 take place?

3. Socrates claims that having physical love is no indication of ______________.

4. How does Hermogenes say he retains his friends?

5. Why did Dionysodorous come to Athens in Book 3?

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