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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said the following: "may not the art of which neither teachers nor disciples exist be assumed to be incapable of being taught?"
(a) Meno.
(b) Socrates.
(c) The slave boy.
(d) Meno's wife.

2. Who is the surprise visitor to the symposium, and why does he come?
(a) Aristotle arrives late because he traveled farther than the others.
(b) Alcibiades comes because he is drunk and wants to seduce Socrates.
(c) Appolodorus comes because he is angry he wasn't invited.
(d) There is no surprise visitor.

3. According to Socrates' view of justice, a ruler should always:
(a) Strike injustice down with acts of injustice.
(b) Put the interests of his people before himself.
(c) Put his own interest before those of his people.
(d) Foster a combination of fear and loyalty within his subjects.

4. How does Dimotia characterize love?
(a) Grounded and rational, like a mathematical equation.
(b) Crude and deceitful, like the desire for immortality.
(c) Curious and enigmatic, like the Gods.
(d) Beautiful and pure, like virtue or reason.

5. How does Socrates refute Polemarchus' definition of justice?
(a) Socrates asserts that doing evil, even to an evil man, makes the doer unjust.
(b) Socrates shows Polemarchus that every man is intrinsically free, regardless of the law.
(c) Socrates reasons that it is impossible to determine what is fair in every situation.
(d) Socrates shows Polemarchus that stealing from the rich is unjust.

Short Answer Questions

1. When first asked by Socrates to define virtue, Meno responds with which of the following?

2. Who says, at the very end of Book II, "I completely endorse these patterns, and I would enact them as laws"?

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

4. What is a symposium?

5. In Ion, Socrates is concerned primarily with which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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