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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 Polemarchus define justice?
(a) Doing good to one's friends and evil to one's enemies.
(b) Being fair in all contexts.
(c) Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
(d) Allowing each man to live his life freely.

2. Ion is renowned for his ability to recite which famous poet?
(a) Homer.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Aristophanes.

3. Who is Eryximachus?
(a) A philosopher who attacks Pausanias' postion.
(b) A doctor who argues that love is like a medicine curing life's ailments.
(c) The last speaker and surprise guest at the symposium.
(d) A poet who argues that men and woman were once fused beings.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Socrates walking with when he is stopped by a group of men urging him to come to Cephalus' house?

4. Who gives the first speech at the symposium?

5. In Ion, Socrates concludes that Ion's ability to memorize poetry is which of the following?

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