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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Ion, Socrates is concerned primarily with which of the following?
(a) Proving that Ion is not as smart as he is.
(b) Distinguishing how we know things artistically from how we know things inspirationally.
(c) Ion's secret relationship with Agathon.
(d) Defining virtue by more than just examples of virtue.

2. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?
(a) Nobody, he is alone.
(b) His wife.
(c) A small militia unit.
(d) A large group of slaves.

3. When Cephalus tends to his sacrifice, who immediately takes his place in conversation with Socrates?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Thrasymachus.
(c) Polemarchus.
(d) Glaucon.

4. How does Socrates rebut the definition of virtue offered by the poets?
(a) By instructing Meno that it is impossible to have an abstract entity which moves other things but does not move itself.
(b) By proving to Meno that there are many commonly held virtues.
(c) By showing Meno that all men desire good things, but that not all men are virtuous.
(d) By giving Meno a solid definition of virtue.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Socrates walking with when he is stopped by a group of men urging him to come to Cephalus' house?

3. Socrates concludes which of the following about virtue?

4. Who said the following: "may not the art of which neither teachers nor disciples exist be assumed to be incapable of being taught?"

5. How does Polemarchus define justice?

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