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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Memoirs of Socrates, Book Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say is part of the job of a good general?
(a) Sacrificing himself to curry favor from the gods.
(b) Spreading the teachings of the gods.
(c) Securing the happiness of his followers.
(d) Merciless killing.

2. What had Socrates decided that made him appear arrogant, according to Xenophon?
(a) He could bribe his way out of the trial.
(b) Death was better than life.
(c) He could outwit Xenophon.
(d) He was far superior to everyone there.

3. How does Xenophon divide the Memoirs of Socrates?
(a) Directly in half.
(b) He doesn't divide it all.
(c) Into eight books with four chapters each.
(d) Into four books of largely the same length.

4. What was the young man focused on that Socrates questions in book 3?
(a) Being popular.
(b) Becoming a Calvary officer.
(c) The letter of the law.
(d) Money.

5. What additional virtue is Socrates credited with having?
(a) The ability to teach others.
(b) He is a brilliant alchemist.
(c) The virtue of silence.
(d) The ability to perform magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Socrates describe as soft?

2. What is the problem with the refugees Aristarchus is housing?

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

4. What does Socrates cite for the court to hear?

5. How does Socrates teach people with good ambitions according to Xenophon in Book 3?

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