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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates do to help Glaucon become a head of state?
(a) Places a bribe on his behalf.
(b) Sacrifices to the gods on his behalf.
(c) Supports him publicly.
(d) Instructs him to become wise.

2. What did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?
(a) The fate of all of Greece.
(b) All the wealth in Athens.
(c) Socrates' finances.
(d) Their natural vices.

3. What does Socrates do to Euthydemus to convince him he needs to be wiser?
(a) He confuses him in conversation.
(b) He bests him in a fight.
(c) He speaks in tongues.
(d) He tells him the gods told him so.

4. What is the general point of Book 2?
(a) To show Socrates did not corrupt his friends.
(b) To show Socrates as a deity.
(c) To show the weaknesses in Socrates' logic.
(d) To show how Socrates could not be trusted.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Socrates, what is one way to learn what is right?

3. How does Socrates feel about Pericles (the younger)?

4. How does Socrates teach his associates they should act in respect to food, drink, sex, and sleep?

5. What does Socrates praise in a homily to show that he loved virtue?

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