1. To understand Ion's poetically inspired spirit, Socrates employs a metaphor of which of the following?
(a) An eye attempting to see itself, explaining how our mental visions are limited by the bounds of our brain.
(b) A dying animal to explain how the sole individual is part of a significant collective.
(c) A newly born start to explain how small and insignificant our world is in the greater picture.
(d) A magnet to explain how a poet's inspiration moves from the muse to the audience.

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

3. What analogies does Socrates employ to refute Thrasymachus' position on justice?
(a) He compares justice to food, both nourishing the soul.
(b) He compares a money-maker to a philosopher and a clergyman.
(c) He compares the skill of a leader to the respective skills of a doctor, house-builder, and sailor.
(d) He compares democracy to dictatorship and aristocracy.

4. According to Socrates, what are the two ways of training the soul?
(a) Physical exercise and literary education.
(b) Conversation with oneself and with others.
(c) Mediation and medicine.
(d) Religion and philosophy.

5. According to Socrates, where would the republic's leaders live?
(a) Separately from the citizens.
(b) In the Academy.
(c) Among the citizens.
(d) In a palace in the country's largest city.