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

2. Whom does Socrates reference when illustrating his beliefs on suffering?
(a) He references Plato.
(b) He references Heracles.
(c) He references Meletus.
(d) He references Xenophon.

3. What does Socrates cite for the court to hear?
(a) His virtues.
(b) The words the god spoke to him.
(c) His religious beliefs.
(d) The laws of Greece.

4. What is Crito able to use to his advantage in subsection 9?
(a) His telepathic powers.
(b) His extreme strength.
(c) His social status.
(d) His friendship with Archedemus.

5. According to Xenophon, who are examples of good men Socrates has taught?
(a) Plato and himself.
(b) Crito and Cebes.
(c) Critias and Alcibiades.
(d) Pericles and Meletus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Socrates say should not be avoided completely on the path of liberty?

3. What were Socrates' friends doing that mystified him?

4. What does Critobulus worry about good men?

5. What does Plato think of Socrates' defense at the trial?

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