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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Republic: Book II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To illustrate one facet of his argument, Socrates employs the help of which character?
(a) Meno's wife.
(b) A nearby slave boy to whom he teaches simple geometry.
(c) A nearby guard who speaks about virtuous people he knows.
(d) Plato to clarify Socrates' words for a perplexed Meno.

2. In Socrates' ideal city, poets and soothsayers:
(a) Would not be allowed to speak falsely about the gods.
(b) Would lead religious ceremonies.
(c) Would be rich while the workers would be poor.
(d) Would be considered useless and expelled.

3. Why does Socrates speak about dogs and other animals to Glaucon?
(a) To establish grounds for a society in which people function like animals in a natural kingdom.
(b) In order to show, by analogy, that it is difficult albeit not impossible to have people who are both gentle and aggressive.
(c) Socrates likes animals more than people.
(d) In hopes of finding the source of virtue.

4. What poet is cited by Cephalus to explain the paradox of old age?
(a) Pindar.
(b) Homer.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Petrach.

5. According to Socrates' insinuation, artistic knowledge is characterized as which of the following?
(a) Universal.
(b) Useless.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Ironic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When pressed by Socrates to explain his skill, Ion asserts which of the following?

2. In Ion, Socrates concludes that Ion's ability to memorize poetry is which of the following?

3. Which of the following does Socrates reason about poetry?

4. Who gives the first speech at the symposium?

5. Whose side is Adeimantus on, at least in the beginning of the dialogue?

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