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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?
(a) Obeyed laws.
(b) Uttered a heretical word.
(c) Sacrificed to the gods.
(d) Listened to others.

2. What did Socrates believe about the gods that led to his great respect for them?
(a) They were omniscient.
(b) They protected him from harm.
(c) They spoke to him continuously.
(d) He was equal to them.

3. What behavior of Critias and Alcibiades did Socrates not approve of?
(a) Singing in public.
(b) Their use of alcohol.
(c) Performing executions.
(d) Their exotic dress.

4. In the second subsection of Book 1, what does Xenophon deny Socrates has done?
(a) Had a negative effect on the youth.
(b) Spoke to the gods.
(c) Met the Oracle of Delphi.
(d) Bribed him for protection.

5. What does Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?
(a) How to escape from prison.
(b) How to sing.
(c) A new recipe for wine.
(d) How to find refuge from social interaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Xenophon explaining at the onset of subsection 4?

2. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?

3. According to Socrates, why was he not introducing new deities?

4. What were Socrates' friends doing that mystified him?

5. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.

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