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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 Xenophon note about Socrates' prophecy?
(a) He does not believe him.
(b) The outcome is yet unknown.
(c) He was right.
(d) The time it was made.

2. What does Socrates focus on instead of what is good generally, at the close of Subsection 8?
(a) He focuses on the good he has done.
(b) He focuses on his godly nature.
(c) He focuses on the evils of his fellow man.
(d) He focuses on what things are good for what purpose.

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

4. What was the person Socrates chided upset about?
(a) Someone who did not return his greeting.
(b) His place in life.
(c) The failure of his crops.
(d) The infidelity of his wife.

5. Who asked the Oracle at Delphi about Socrates?
(a) Meletus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Xenophon.
(d) Chaerephon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Socrates decided that made him appear arrogant, according to Xenophon?

2. At the start of subsection 7, what does Xenophon relate Socrates has done for his friends?

3. What did Socrates not encourage his students to do?

4. In the second subsection of Book 1, what does Xenophon deny Socrates has done?

5. According to Socrates, why was he not introducing new deities?

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