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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 concludes that Ion's ability to memorize poetry is which of the following?
(a) Proof that he knows what it actually means.
(b) Not proof that he knows what it actually means.
(c) An art that he learned from others.
(d) Divinely inspired, just like the very poets whom Ion recites.

2. 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?"
(a) "I should say that bees must differ from one another, as bees."
(b) "They're just bees. Who cares?"
(c) "I should answer that bees do not differ from one another, as bees."
(d) "I don't understand your question."

3. Ion is renowned for his ability to recite which famous poet?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Homer.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. In Ion, Socrates compares Ion to which of the following?
(a) Religious prophets.
(b) Greek artists and sculptors.
(c) Plato.
(d) Musicians.

5. Which of the following does Socrates reason about Ion?
(a) Ion must be outside his mind when he recites poetry.
(b) Ion knows more than Socrates.
(c) Ion is sad when his crowds are sad and happy when his crowds are happy.
(d) Ion is a handsome, though misguided poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Eryximachus?

2. Before Socrates delivers his speech, he cross- examines Agathon about which of the following?

3. What is a symposium?

4. Who gives the last formal speech at the symposium?

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

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