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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Republic: Book IV.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When first asked by Socrates to define virtue, Meno responds with which of the following?
(a) A theoretical ontology with ethical limitations on virtue.
(b) Examples of virtuous people with different lifestyles.
(c) A question, asking Socrates if this is really worth his time.
(d) A vague unassuming definition which is accepted by Socrates.
2. To illustrate one facet of his argument, Socrates employs the help of which character?
(a) Meno's wife.
(b) Plato to clarify Socrates' words for a perplexed Meno.
(c) A nearby guard who speaks about virtuous people he knows.
(d) A nearby slave boy to whom he teaches simple geometry.
3. Glaucon offers Socrates a proof that ____________________.
(a) An unjust lifestyle is more rewarding than a just one.
(b) A just life is better than a just one.
(c) Appearing unjust but actually being just is most desirable.
(d) Justice can't have a consistent definition.
4. Which of the following does Socrates reason about Ion?
(a) Ion is sad when his crowds are sad and happy when his crowds are happy.
(b) Ion must be outside his mind when he recites poetry.
(c) Ion is a handsome, though misguided poet.
(d) Ion knows more than Socrates.
5. According to Socrates, what happens when "one [is] mistaken in his judgment, and harms his friends, and helps his enemies, unknowingly"?
(a) He claims to know justice, but doesn't.
(b) He is unjust.
(c) He is just.
(d) It doesn't matter; one would never do this.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Socrates' ideal nation, literature which depicts the afterlife should depict it as___________.
2. Why is Socrates worried about literature which contains wayward characters?
3. Describe Meno's appearance and attitude when he meets Socrates.
4. Who is the last person to leave the symposium?
5. One large theme that permeates throughout Meno is:
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