View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One virtue that Socrates constantly refers to in his reasoning throughout Book III is_____________.
(a) Will.
(b) Balance.
(c) Courage.
(d) Originality.

2. Who gives the first speech at the symposium?
(a) Phaedrus.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Eryximachus.

3. How does Thrasymachus first define justice?
(a) "Nothing other than the advantage of the stronger."
(b) "Making laws to one's own disadvantage."
(c) "Being impartial and unbiased in all decisions."
(d) "Acting selflessly, so that the kingdom may prosper."

4. In his first argument, Glaucon asserts that is better to __________.
(a) Appear just than actually be just.
(b) Be just than appear just.
(c) Appear unjust than actually be just.
(d) Be unjust than appear unjust.

5. Complete the comparison: philosophers have wisdom whereas common men have _______
(a) Judgment.
(b) Obligation.
(c) Expertise.
(d) Opinions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates claims that he learned about love from which of the following?

2. In Socrates' republic, judges must__________.

3. Who says, at the very end of Book II, "I completely endorse these patterns, and I would enact them as laws"?

4. When Socrates meets Ion, Ion has just returned from which of the following?

5. In Ion, Socrates is concerned primarily with which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diotima teach Socrates about love? How does this compare to Aristophanes' view?

2. What is the purpose of Alcibiades late-night intrusion into the Symposium? What does he talk about?

3. What is Polemarchus main mistake in defining justice as "benefiting one's friends and harming one's enemies"?

4. Is The Republic only interested in individual justice?

5. What does Glaucon argue for?

6. Explain the irony of the following statement as it relates to Ion: "Plato is the supreme enemy of art and is also the supreme artist."

7. What is Socrates ultimate conclusion about the function of justice?

8. What does Cephalus tell Socrates about the key to enjoying old age?

9. What is an art, according to Socrates?

10. Why is Meno's definition of virtue unsatisfactory for Socrates?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,179 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample