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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Symposium.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Ion, Socrates compares Ion to which of the following?
(a) Greek artists and sculptors.
(b) Religious prophets.
(c) Musicians.
(d) Plato.
2. In Ion, Socrates concludes that Ion's ability to memorize poetry is which of the following?
(a) An art that he learned from others.
(b) Proof that he knows what it actually means.
(c) Not proof that he knows what it actually means.
(d) Divinely inspired, just like the very poets whom Ion recites.
3. Which of the following does Socrates reason about Ion?
(a) Ion is sad when his crowds are sad and happy when his crowds are happy.
(b) Ion knows more than Socrates.
(c) Ion must be outside his mind when he recites poetry.
(d) Ion is a handsome, though misguided poet.
4. Which of the following does Socrates reason about poetry?
(a) A poem's content cannot belong to the one who recites it.
(b) Poetry was not meant to be read aloud.
(c) If poetry consists of statements which belong to other arts, then such "other arts" are actually one thing.
(d) A poem's content always belongs to the one who recites it.
5. When Ion admits to Socrates that he can only recite one poet's work well, Socrates is puzzled by which of the following?
(a) How an artistic skill can be limited in its expertise.
(b) How Ion considers himself a philosopher.
(c) Ion's desire to speak with Socrates about his work.
(d) Ion's hesitation to answer questions about his family.
Short Answer Questions
1. To understand Ion's poetically inspired spirit, Socrates employs a metaphor of which of the following?
2. Socrates claims that he learned about love from which of the following?
3. How does Meno respond to Socrates' question: "Do bees differ as bees, because there are many different kinds of them; or, are they not rather to be distinguished by some other quality, as for example beauty, size, or shape?"
4. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?
5. Who gives the first speech at the symposium?
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