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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates not encourage his students to do?
(a) Pay taxes.
(b) Join the military.
(c) Read other teachings besides his.
(d) Become tyrants.

2. What did Socrates encourage people to do?
(a) Rebel against the government.
(b) Follow what they thought was right and develop their talents.
(c) Denounce false gods.
(d) Enjoy their worldly possessions.

3. What makes the Memoirs of Socrates hard to date?
(a) It is written with horrible grammar.
(b) The conversations are poorly organized.
(c) The document is in pieces.
(d) Socrates himself denounced the writings.

4. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.
(a) Any religion.
(b) The wages of death.
(c) His bodily desires.
(d) The government.

5. What are the standards of virtue as seen by Socrates?
(a) Wealth and slave owning.
(b) Wisdom, justice, self-control, and piety.
(c) Patience is the only virtue according to Socrates.
(d) Time management and athletic ability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xenophon argue the city of Athens should do to Socrates?

2. What does the author point out about his Socratic writings in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Socrates believe he is rich when Antiphon questions his modest lifestyle?

4. What does Socrates claim he bears none of although his opponents do?

5. What did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?

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