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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the last person to leave the symposium?
(a) Appolodorus.
(b) Aristophenes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Diotima.

2. Who gives the last formal speech at the symposium?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Appolodorus.
(c) Pausanias.
(d) Socrates.

3. Describe Thrasymachus' view of Socrates.
(a) He hates Socrates and thinks Socrates is stupid.
(b) He chastizes Socrates for asking questions freely, but dodging them when he is asked a question himself.
(c) He can't follow Socrates' logic.
(d) He likes the Socratic method of reasoning.

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) Examples of virtuous people with different lifestyles.
(c) A theoretical ontology with ethical limitations on virtue.
(d) A question, asking Socrates if this is really worth his time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the first speech at the symposium?

2. Who said the following: "may not the art of which neither teachers nor disciples exist be assumed to be incapable of being taught?"

3. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?

4. In the dialogue, Meno blames the confusion in his speech on which of the following?

5. Socrates concludes which of the following about virtue?

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