View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Dinner-Party.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Socrates' friends doing that mystified him?
(a) Chanting his name.
(b) Crying as he was led away.
(c) Praying for his release.
(d) Calling him God.

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

3. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?
(a) He is a financial hardship to his friends.
(b) He is wealthy beyond necessity.
(c) He owes many debts.
(d) He is not in debt.

4. Who is Hermogenes' father?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Xenophon.
(d) Hipponicus.

5. How does Plato compare to Xenophon as a philosopher?
(a) Plato is inferior to Xenophon.
(b) They are too similar to compare.
(c) They are about equal.
(d) Plato is a better philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charmides act around the weakest of people according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates do to help people avoid mistakes and to teach others?

3. What is the main theme compared to in Chapter 2?

4. What does Socrates do to Euthydemus to convince him he needs to be wiser?

5. How does Xenophon end his discussion in subsection 10?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 278 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample