2. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?
(a) Nobody, he is alone.
(b) A large group of slaves.
(c) A small militia unit.
(d) His wife.

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

4. At whose house does the Symposium take place?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Phaedrus.
(d) Alcidbides.

5. Before Socrates delivers his speech, he cross- examines Agathon about which of the following?
(a) How one can know that he is truly in love.
(b) Whether loves is necessarily possible.
(c) Whether love is necessarily beautiful.
(d) Agathon's poetic license.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?"

2. Who is Eryximachus?

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

4. When he first meets Socrates, Meno asks the following question:

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

(see the answer key)

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