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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Ion, Socrates compares Ion to which of the following?
(a) Greek artists and sculptors.
(b) Musicians.
(c) Plato.
(d) Religious prophets.

2. Socrates claims that he learned about love from which of the following?
(a) Plato.
(b) Meno.
(c) Diotima.
(d) Alcibides.

3. In the dialogue, Meno blames the confusion in his speech on which of the following?
(a) Himself, because he does not think himself a good exemplar of what virtue is.
(b) Himself, because he has not had ample time to prepare for a deep conversation.
(c) Socrates, because Socrates is not listening to Meno's points.
(d) Socrates, because Socrates is deliberately confusing Meno about a subject which Meno thought he knew.

4. What are the three social classes in the republic, according to Socrates?
(a) The working-class, the soldiers, and the rulers.
(b) The leaders, the rebels, and everyone else.
(c) The philosophers, the sophists, and the warriors.
(d) The rich, the poor, and the middle class.

5. Socrates concludes which of the following about virtue?
(a) If it is the same in everyone, then we should be able to define it.
(b) If it can be taught then it is knowledge.
(c) If it manifests differently in different people, than it cannot have one definition.
(d) It cannot be taught and is therefore not knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Socrates' ideal city, poets and soothsayers:

2. At whose house does the Symposium take place?

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

4. Who is the surprise visitor to the symposium, and why does he come?

5. What is a symposium?

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