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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 Socrates wish to speak of love in subsection eight?
(a) As a cruel joke.
(b) As an unfair game.
(c) As a childish dream.
(d) As a deity.

2. What is Socrates' view on democracy?
(a) He had never heard of it.
(b) He thought it the best way to run a country.
(c) He found it silly.
(d) He thought it needed to be implemented instantly.

3. According to Socrates, what happens to physical love as we age?
(a) We lose it.
(b) It controls us.
(c) It grows stronger.
(d) We understand it better.

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

5. What does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?
(a) Uttered a heretical word.
(b) Listened to others.
(c) Sacrificed to the gods.
(d) Obeyed laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Socrates believe he is rich when Antiphon questions his modest lifestyle?

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

3. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?

4. What did the bachelors vow to do after seeing the couple's passionate kissing?

5. Who comes to entertain the men at Callias' dinner?

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