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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Republic: Book I.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates' view of justice, a ruler should always:

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

3. Who is the character who narrates Symposium?

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

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

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