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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To illustrate one facet of his argument, Socrates employs the help of which character?
(a) A nearby slave boy to whom he teaches simple geometry.
(b) A nearby guard who speaks about virtuous people he knows.
(c) Meno's wife.
(d) Plato to clarify Socrates' words for a perplexed Meno.

2. One large theme that permeates throughout Meno is:
(a) Non- virtuous people can still perform virtuous actions
(b) Learning is really a recollection of old knowledge.
(c) A proposition can only be deemed valid if it is testable in the empirical world.
(d) There can never be universal ethics.

3. According to Socrates' insinuation, artistic knowledge is characterized as which of the following?
(a) Ironic.
(b) Useless.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Universal.

4. In the dialogue, Meno blames the confusion in his speech on which of the following?
(a) Socrates, because Socrates is not listening to Meno's points.
(b) Himself, because he does not think himself a good exemplar of what virtue is.
(c) Himself, because he has not had ample time to prepare for a deep conversation.
(d) Socrates, because Socrates is deliberately confusing Meno about a subject which Meno thought he knew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ion is renowned for his ability to recite which famous poet?

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

3. Who is the last person to leave the symposium?

4. When Socrates meets Ion, Ion has just returned from which of the following?

5. When Ion admits to Socrates that he can only recite one poet's work well, Socrates is puzzled by which of the following?

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