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

2. To understand Ion's poetically inspired spirit, Socrates employs a metaphor of which of the following?
(a) A magnet to explain how a poet's inspiration moves from the muse to the audience.
(b) An eye attempting to see itself, explaining how our mental visions are limited by the bounds of our brain.
(c) A newly born start to explain how small and insignificant our world is in the greater picture.
(d) A dying animal to explain how the sole individual is part of a significant collective.

3. What does Socrates tell Ion about a person who can recite poetry well?
(a) Memorizing poetry is a way of balancing the soul.
(b) Only a person who understands a poem's meaning could be a good reciter.
(c) Ion should memorize philosophy instead of poetry.
(d) Ion must not know the meaning of poetry if he just memorizes it.

4. When Socrates meets Ion, Ion has just returned from which of the following?
(a) A game at the Coliseum.
(b) Agathon's drinking party.
(c) Socrates' trial.
(d) A poetry recital contest in Epidarus.

5. When first asked by Socrates to define virtue, Meno responds with which of the following?
(a) A question, asking Socrates if this is really worth his time.
(b) A vague unassuming definition which is accepted by Socrates.
(c) Examples of virtuous people with different lifestyles.
(d) A theoretical ontology with ethical limitations on virtue.