Great Dialogues Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Great Dialogues Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Meno respond to Socrates' question: "Do bees differ as bees, because there are many different kinds of them; or, are they not rather to be distinguished by some other quality, as for example beauty, size, or shape?"

3. Who is Socrates walking with when he is stopped by a group of men urging him to come to Cephalus' house?

4. In Ion, Socrates concludes that Ion's ability to memorize poetry is which of the following?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Socrates think is to be chosen to rule the city and why?

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

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

4. How should soldiers, according to Socrates, be trained in the ideal republic?

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

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

7. How is Meno an example of indirect teaching? How does Plato corroborate his own theory of learning as recollection?

8. Why aren't the soldiers in Socrates' republic well compensated?

9. How is the story of the Symposium framed? How does this relate to the cultural values of the Greeks?

10. 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."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Socrates in Book IV of The Republic, justice is a proper organization of the faculties of the soul such that each part is fulfilling its own proper role and not usurping the functions of others. Do you agree or disagree with this definition? Do you think Socrates equivocates this definition in other dialogues? Give examples either modern or ancient where you can test Socrates view of justice.

Essay Topic 2

Plato's and Socrates's Republic would be a good place to live. Agree or disagree? Use examples from the text to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

In Phaedo Socrates promotes the idea that philosophy is preparing for dying, and that a true philosopher should not fear death but welcome it. Would Socrates then be able to justify suicide as a good thing? Why or why not? Do you think Socrates commits suicide? Why or Why not?

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