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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Charmides act around the weakest of people according to Socrates?
(a) He speaks too loudly.
(b) He is too shy.
(c) He acts insane.
(d) He is too hard on them.

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

3. What are the main themes of Chapter 3?
(a) Socrates should be remembered as a god.
(b) The love affair of Xenophon.
(c) The nature of love and Socrates' ideal true goodness.
(d) Revolt is the only answer.

4. How does Hermogenes say he retains his friends?
(a) By paying them.
(b) By holding their money from them.
(c) By feeding them.
(d) By praising them and returning their good works.

5. What makes the Memoirs of Socrates hard to date?
(a) The conversations are poorly organized.
(b) Socrates himself denounced the writings.
(c) The document is in pieces.
(d) It is written with horrible grammar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Xenophon argue Socrates could not lead people to do?

3. Why does Socrates tell Aristodemus the gods deserve esteem?

4. What is Socrates talking to Nicomachides about at the start of subsection 4?

5. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?

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