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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Memoirs of Socrates, Book Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates believe most people undervalue?
(a) Their civic duty.
(b) A hard day's work.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Religion.

2. What did the gods oppose Socrates doing in his own view?
(a) Working on his defense.
(b) Showing humility.
(c) Using force to defend himself.
(d) Dreaming.

3. Whom does Socrates claim people should listen to if they are sick?
(a) No one.
(b) Their parents.
(c) The gods.
(d) A doctor.

4. What is Socrates talking to Nicomachides about at the start of subsection 4?
(a) The unfairness of slavery.
(b) The state of politics.
(c) His dying wish.
(d) Who the people appointed for a general.

5. What does Xenophon discuss with Critobulus in Subsection 6?
(a) A book he had read.
(b) His fear of death.
(c) The fate of Socrates.
(d) How one should acquire friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor believe about the validity of the writings?

2. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?

3. Why does Socrates believe he is rich when Antiphon questions his modest lifestyle?

4. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?

5. What behavior of Critias and Alcibiades did Socrates not approve of?

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