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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cephalus tends to his sacrifice, who immediately takes his place in conversation with Socrates?
(a) Glaucon.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Polemarchus.
(d) Thrasymachus.

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

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

4. When pressed by Socrates to explain his skill, Ion asserts which of the following?
(a) He is unqualified to comment on the artistic value of the his recitations.
(b) When he recites poetry he feels like the poet himself.
(c) When he recites passage about military exploits he cannot tell if he does so with the candor of a general.
(d) Socrates should not be asking him questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One virtue that Socrates constantly refers to in his reasoning throughout Book III is_____________.

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

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. Which demographic of the Athenian population does Socrates single out for discussion?

5. In his first argument, Glaucon asserts that is better to __________.

(see the answer key)

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