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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. According to Socrates, what is one way to learn what is right?
(a) By asking your parents.
(b) By following the laws of the state.
(c) By doing wrong.
(d) By trial and error.

2. What does Socrates question Theodote about?
(a) Her religious practices.
(b) How she finds friends.
(c) Her thoughts on marriage.
(d) Her allegiance to Greece.

3. Subsection 8 shows Socrates interacting with ___________.
(a) New deities.
(b) A young beggar on the street.
(c) His friend Eutherus.
(d) Revolutionaries.

4. What does Socrates emphasize about the outcome of the trial?
(a) He wished to become a martyr.
(b) Everyone dies eventually.
(c) It was never a fair trial.
(d) The fates would protect him.

5. What does the Oracle of Delphi have to say about Socrates?
(a) He was not to be trusted.
(b) He was the most free and most prudent of all people.
(c) The Oracle thought he was foolish.
(d) He needed to be silenced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates wanted his friends to be well-informed on ___________.

2. How does Xenophon believe Socrates thought about all virtues?

3. How did Critias and Alcibiades do great damage to Athens?

4. How does Charmides act around the weakest of people according to Socrates?

5. What does Socrates tell Critobulus should be valued above all else?

(see the answer key)

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