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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At whose house does the Symposium take place?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Alcidbides.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Phaedrus.

2. What definition of virtue do Meno and Socrates borrow from "the poets"?
(a) Virtue, like other abstract notions, resists our best attempts to define it.
(b) Virtue is the unmoved mover of all things.
(c) Virtue is the desire and power to obtain good things.
(d) Virtue is different for every person.

3. What are the soldiers of the republic explicitly forbidden to do, according to Socrates?
(a) Have sex with non-family members.
(b) Execute war criminals.
(c) Commit atrocities, such as enslavement and land-burning, against fellow Greeks.
(d) Take bribes.

4. Why is Socrates worried about literature which contains wayward characters?
(a) Socrates hates fiction.
(b) He thinks that people will imitate such characters.
(c) He wants every story for have a moral.
(d) Socrates is not worried about such fictional characters.

5. According to Socrates' points in Book IV, the soul of a philosopher_____________________.
(a) Is easily persuadable.
(b) Is better than the soul of a common man.
(c) Does not concern Socrates.
(d) Can be used for good and evil alike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates tell Ion about a person who can recite poetry well?

2. In Book IX, what is the common man's deepest pleasure?

3. What do Socrates' interlocutors object to in the beginning of Book V?

4. According to Socrates, to what does a true philosopher owe his life?

5. One large theme that permeates throughout Meno is:

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