Great Dialogues Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Great Dialogues Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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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) Not proof that he knows what it actually means.
(b) Divinely inspired, just like the very poets whom Ion recites.
(c) Proof that he knows what it actually means.
(d) An art that he learned from others.

2. Describe Meno's appearance and attitude when he meets Socrates.
(a) Middle- aged and curious.
(b) Youthful, though ugly and shy.
(c) Old, thoughtful, and wise.
(d) Young and handsome though impulsive and arrogant.

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

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

5. What is the major point of Aristophanes' speech?
(a) Love is as complicated and confusing as good poetry.
(b) Men loving woman is necessarily better than men loving men, because the former allows for procreation.
(c) Everything eventually dies, so it is pointless to love anything.
(d) Love is the desire for unity, because man and woman were once a unified being.

Short Answer Questions

1. When first asked by Socrates to define virtue, Meno responds with which of the following?

2. Socrates concludes which of the following about virtue?

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

4. Who is the surprise visitor to the symposium, and why does he come?

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

(see the answer key)

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