Specially for Plato’s writings referring to Socrates, it is not always clear which ideas brought forward by Socrates (or his friends) actually belonged to Socrates and which of these may have been new additions or elaborations by Plato- this is known as the:

A. Socratic problem
B. Platoic problem
C. Soitic problem
D. Aristocratic problem

Who stressed that “virtue was the most valuable of all possessions, the ideal life was spent in search of the Good. Truth lies beneath the shadows of existence, and it is the job of the philosopher to show the rest how little they really know”?

A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Socrates
D. Xenophon

The idea that human’s possessed certain virtues formed a common thread in:

A. Plato teachings
B. Aristotle teachings
C. Socrates teachings
D. Xenophon teachings

Who believed the best way for people to live was to focus on selfdevelopment rather than the pursuit of material wealth?

A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Socrates
D. Xenophon

According to Socrates’ conslusion at the end of the Meno beneficent statesmen are like:

A. “soothsayers and prophets”
B. “oracles and deities”
C. “gorgias and anytus”
D. “blindfolded children”

The Death of Socrates book was written by:____________?

A. Jacques-louis david
B. Aristotle
C. Xenophon
D. Plato

According to Socrates, learning is a kind of:_____________?

A. Recollection
B. Virtue
C. Political skill
D. Gift of the gods

According to Socrates, the soul is:_____________?

A. Infinitely large
B. Inherently virtuous
C. Corruptible
D. Immortal

What mistake does Socrates eventually reveal in Meno’s definition of virtue as the desire for beautiful things and power to attain them?

A. This is a list, not a definition
B. The definition implicitly contains the term it is to define
C. The definition does not correspond to an eidos
D. The definition does not cover all cases of virtue

Socrates uses which examples to demonstrate the idea of a definition?

A. Shape and color
B. Shape and ordor
C. Color and sound
D. Tables and chairs