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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a symposium?
(a) An ancient restaurant.
(b) An outdoor gathering of philosophers near a nobleman's residence.
(c) A small club of Sophists.
(d) An all- night drinking party where various elite Greeks discuss the meaning of love.

2. Socrates claims that he learned about love from which of the following?
(a) Alcibides.
(b) Diotima.
(c) Meno.
(d) Plato.

3. From which poet does Polemarchus derive his definition of justice?
(a) Homer.
(b) Simonides.
(c) Aristophenes.
(d) Pindar.

4. According to Socrates in Book VII, how many years must a philosopher work after finishing his education in order to become a ruler?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Thirty years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the then-present Greece, Socrates believes that __________.

2. When he first address the jury, Socrates_________.

3. How does Dimotia characterize love?

4. Why is Socrates worried about literature which contains wayward characters?

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

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