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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. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?
(a) Repent of their sins.
(b) Go on the offensive.
(c) Relocate the city.
(d) Recover their ancestral forms of life.

2. Where does Chapter 3 take place?
(a) Socrates' grave.
(b) An Athenian dinner party.
(c) A shrine to the gods.
(d) An abandoned temple.

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

4. What is Xenophon confused by in the first subsection of Book 1?
(a) The meaning Socrates is trying to convey.
(b) The accusation that Socrates is guilty of the charges.
(c) The military presence surrounding Socrates.
(d) The importance of Socrates' trial.

5. What does Socrates claim is easier about love for the mind?
(a) It is easier to reciprocate.
(b) It requires little work.
(c) It is easier to fake.
(d) It is easier to live without.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Xenophon believe Socrates thought about all virtues?

2. Whom does Socrates describe as soft?

3. How does Hermogenes say he retains his friends?

4. Why did Dionysodorous come to Athens in Book 3?

5. Who brought the charges against Socrates?

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