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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the last person to leave the symposium?
(a) Diotima.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Appolodorus.
(d) Aristophenes.

2. Socrates concludes which of the following about virtue?
(a) If it can be taught then it is knowledge.
(b) It cannot be taught and is therefore not knowledge.
(c) If it manifests differently in different people, than it cannot have one definition.
(d) If it is the same in everyone, then we should be able to define it.

3. When Meno arrives in Athens, who is accompanying him?
(a) His wife.
(b) Nobody, he is alone.
(c) A small militia unit.
(d) A large group of slaves.

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

5. From which poet does Polemarchus derive his definition of justice?
(a) Aristophenes.
(b) Simonides.
(c) Homer.
(d) Pindar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Glaucon continue conversing with Socrates?

2. In Socrates' republic, judges must__________.

3. When pressed by Socrates to explain his skill, Ion asserts which of the following?

4. According to Socrates' insinuation, artistic knowledge is characterized as which of the following?

5. Who gives the first speech at the symposium?

(see the answer key)

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