1. To understand Ion's poetically inspired spirit, Socrates employs a metaphor of which of the following?
(a) A dying animal to explain how the sole individual is part of a significant collective.
(b) A newly born start to explain how small and insignificant our world is in the greater picture.
(c) A magnet to explain how a poet's inspiration moves from the muse to the audience.
(d) An eye attempting to see itself, explaining how our mental visions are limited by the bounds of our brain.

2. What does Socrates tell Ion about a person who can recite poetry well?
(a) Only a person who understands a poem's meaning could be a good reciter.
(b) Ion should memorize philosophy instead of poetry.
(c) Memorizing poetry is a way of balancing the soul.
(d) Ion must not know the meaning of poetry if he just memorizes it.

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

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

5. How does Socrates rebut the definition of virtue offered by the poets?
(a) By giving Meno a solid definition of virtue.
(b) By instructing Meno that it is impossible to have an abstract entity which moves other things but does not move itself.
(c) By proving to Meno that there are many commonly held virtues.
(d) By showing Meno that all men desire good things, but that not all men are virtuous.