Key Questions on Plato

What is the distinction Plato makes between forms and reality?
Forms, as Plato would suggest, are what we may see as a physical likeness, an idea, or a stage...set up to convey a story. Almost as if what we see isn't what's there, rather what we perceive to exist.
How does Plato differentiate between the role of the poet and that of the philosopher?
Though Plato links philosopher and poet closely, the poet shares ideas that are beautiful and aestetic (which can sometimes be dangerous in form and content!)....while the philosopher shares ideas of what goodness and reality SHOULD be...a higher form of reality that we should aspire to.
How might it be said that the poet imitates imitations? Remember the bed, the carpenter, and the poet.
What is the basic connection between morality and poetry that Plato identifies as being a problem?
Plato suggests that poetry walks a dangerous line of romanticizing dangerous behaviors and feelings...and that such falsehoods or false thoughts or even bad, human behaviors and thoughts should not be presented. We should visit ideas with careful thought, argument, and analysis!
Why would Plato have the exemplary poet leave the city?
Habib makes a great deal out of the notion of unity in Plato. How is unity obtained in the city, in his view?
Plato uses Socrates as a figure in his dialogues. How? Plato uses Socrates as the voice of wisdom...reminding others of their ignorance and attempting to educate others.
Socrates is Plato's vehicle to share knowledge and teach others. Whether he's a real person or a "form" there is a presentation of a story/a reality that Plato wants his reader to see the way Plato presents that reality. Controlling and censored...yet seems to always impart a message or a lesson.