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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apology.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the character who narrates Symposium?
(a) Alcibides.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Appolodorus.
(d) Agathon.

3. Who is Socrates walking with when he is stopped by a group of men urging him to come to Cephalus' house?
(a) Glaucon.
(b) Plato.
(c) Meno.
(d) Thrasymachus.

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

5. According to Socrates, where would the republic's leaders live?
(a) Among the citizens.
(b) In the Academy.
(c) Separately from the citizens.
(d) In a palace in the country's largest city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the comparison: philosophers have wisdom whereas common men have _______

2. Socrates firmly believes that poetry _____________.

3. According to Socrates' opinion, what is the third happiest social class of man in the world?

4. What is the major point of Aristophanes' speech?

5. Whose stories does Socrates think dangerous for the moral turpitude of his city's citizens?

(see the answer key)

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