Conversations of Socrates Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mid-Book Test (up to Chapter 2, Memoirs of Socrates, Book Three)

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. According to Xenophon, who are examples of good men Socrates has taught?
a) Pericles and Meletus.
b) Critias and Alcibiades.
c) Plato and himself.
d) Crito and Cebes.

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

3. What does Critobulus worry about good men?
a) They are only good due to wealth.
b) They are deceiving the world.
c) They have malicious intentions.
d) They often quarrel and treat each other poorly.

4. How does Charmides act around the weakest of...
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