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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Glaucon is primarily concerned about justice within the individual, Socrates first begins by analyzing __________.
(a) Justice as it relates to an entire city's population.
(b) Virtue as it is demanded of the city's leaders.
(c) Glaucon's own virtue.
(d) Justice as it relates to a small family.

2. Where is courage found in Socrates' republic?
(a) In the labors who toil in the sun.
(b) In the lawyers and judges who fight injustice.
(c) In the academics who strive for truth.
(d) In the soldiers who fight for it.

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

4. What is a symposium?
(a) An outdoor gathering of philosophers near a nobleman's residence.
(b) A small club of Sophists.
(c) An ancient restaurant.
(d) An all- night drinking party where various elite Greeks discuss the meaning of love.

5. In Socrates' ideal nation, literature which depicts the afterlife should depict it as___________.
(a) Foreboding.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Negative.
(d) Positive.

6. In order to respond to Glaucon's objections, Socrates ___________________.
(a) Analogizes justice to fine skills like woodworking and carpentry.
(b) Changes the subject completely.
(c) Tries to find justice in animals before finding justice in humans.
(d) Posits an ideal city so that he might discover where justice comes from.

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

8. Why does Glaucon continue conversing with Socrates?
(a) Because he is convinced he can win an argument against Socrates.
(b) Because he agrees with Socrates that injustice is better than justice.
(c) Because he is provoked by Adeimantus to do so.
(d) Because he is not satisfied with Socrates' response to Thrasymachus.

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

10. According to Socrates' view of justice, a ruler should always:
(a) Foster a combination of fear and loyalty within his subjects.
(b) Put the interests of his people before himself.
(c) Strike injustice down with acts of injustice.
(d) Put his own interest before those of his people.

11. According to Socrates' insinuation, artistic knowledge is characterized as which of the following?
(a) Subjective.
(b) Universal.
(c) Useless.
(d) Ironic.

12. When pressed by Socrates to explain his skill, Ion asserts which of the following?
(a) When he recites poetry he feels like the poet himself.
(b) Socrates should not be asking him questions.
(c) He is unqualified to comment on the artistic value of the his recitations.
(d) When he recites passage about military exploits he cannot tell if he does so with the candor of a general.

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

14. When he first meets Socrates, Meno asks the following question:
(a) How do we know if what we are seeing in the physical world actually exists?
(b) Is virtue taught, or is it inherent to good people?
(c) Where he can learn how to be a philosopher?
(d) Is justice necessarily a good thing?

15. Describe Meno's appearance and attitude when he meets Socrates.
(a) Young and handsome though impulsive and arrogant.
(b) Middle- aged and curious.
(c) Youthful, though ugly and shy.
(d) Old, thoughtful, and wise.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are leaders chosen in Socrates' ideal republic?

2. Glaucon offers Socrates a proof that ____________________.

3. What are the three social classes in the republic, according to Socrates?

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

5. To which other creative art does Socrates propose censorship?

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