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

2. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?
(a) God does not exist.
(b) The ideal of the true good.
(c) Its not what you know; it's who you know.
(d) Socrates is always correct.

3. What did Socrates not encourage his students to do?
(a) Join the military.
(b) Read other teachings besides his.
(c) Pay taxes.
(d) Become tyrants.

4. Why did Dionysodorous come to Athens in Book 3?
(a) To save his soul.
(b) To kill Socrates.
(c) To seek financial help.
(d) To teach military command.

5. Who comes to entertain the men at Callias' dinner?
(a) A group of actors.
(b) A singing group.
(c) Phillipus.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Xenophon confused by in the first subsection of Book 1?

2. Whom does Socrates describe as soft?

3. How does Socrates wish to speak of love in subsection eight?

4. When in his life is Xenophon reported to have written the memoirs?

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

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