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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) Aristotle.
(b) Glaucon.
(c) Thrasymachus.
(d) Polemarchus.

2. Who is the surprise visitor to the symposium, and why does he come?
(a) Appolodorus comes because he is angry he wasn't invited.
(b) Alcibiades comes because he is drunk and wants to seduce Socrates.
(c) Aristotle arrives late because he traveled farther than the others.
(d) There is no surprise visitor.

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

4. According to Socrates, what happens when "one [is] mistaken in his judgment, and harms his friends, and helps his enemies, unknowingly"?
(a) He is unjust.
(b) It doesn't matter; one would never do this.
(c) He claims to know justice, but doesn't.
(d) He is just.

5. How does Socrates rebut the definition of virtue offered by the poets?
(a) By giving Meno a solid definition of virtue.
(b) By showing Meno that all men desire good things, but that not all men are virtuous.
(c) By proving to Meno that there are many commonly held virtues.
(d) By instructing Meno that it is impossible to have an abstract entity which moves other things but does not move itself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Ion admits to Socrates that he can only recite one poet's work well, Socrates is puzzled by which of the following?

3. Which of the following does Socrates reason about poetry?

4. Glaucon offers Socrates a proof that ____________________.

5. Though Glaucon is primarily concerned about justice within the individual, Socrates first begins by analyzing __________.

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