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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 teach people with good ambitions according to Xenophon in Book 3?
(a) He tells them jokes.
(b) He lectures them constantly.
(c) He tells them a story of the devil.
(d) He teaches them to apply themselves.

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

3. Who brought the charges against Socrates?
(a) The Oracle of Delphi.
(b) The Spartans led by Xenophon.
(c) Plato and his followers.
(d) The Athenian people led by Meletus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aristippus try to trap Socrates into claiming?

2. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?

3. What does Socrates do to help Glaucon become a head of state?

4. Whom does Socrates wish to help in his conversation with Aristippus in subsection 8?

5. What are the standards of virtue as seen by Socrates?

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