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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Socrates, woman can____________.
(a) Hold any job than men can hold.
(b) Offer proof of the immortal soul.
(c) Reach heaven more quickly than men.
(d) Lead the republic.

3. Who is Glaucon?
(a) Not philosophically ambitious.
(b) Socrates' son.
(c) One of the interlocutors.
(d) The ideal solider.

4. In Ion, Socrates is concerned primarily with which of the following?
(a) Proving that Ion is not as smart as he is.
(b) Defining virtue by more than just examples of virtue.
(c) Ion's secret relationship with Agathon.
(d) Distinguishing how we know things artistically from how we know things inspirationally.

5. Socrates argues that laws are___________.
(a) Affected by the flow of everyday life, and thus should not be formulated individually.
(b) Rigid and static, unlike the people they control.
(c) Worthy formal pursuits.
(d) Misguided because no one law holds true categorically.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates' view of justice, a ruler should always:

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

3. When he first meets Socrates, Meno asks the following question:

4. What is a symposium?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What would happen, according to Socrates, if a cobbler exercised the role of a leader?

3. Explain Plato's theory of knowledge as recollection.

4. What is Socrates' plan for the familial arrangement of the republic?

5. How does Socrates use metaphors to explain Ion's inspiration? How does this relate to the practice of art or philosophy?

6. How does Socrates distinguish knowledge known through art from knowledge known through inspiration?

7. Why does Socrates want to censor literature in his republic?

8. What is justice, according to Socrates?

9. Does Socrates believe that his theoretical republic is a realistic political plan for a city?

10. Does Thrasymachus like Socrates? Why or why not?

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