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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. Whom does Socrates claim people should listen to if they are sick?
(a) Their parents.
(b) No one.
(c) A doctor.
(d) The gods.

2. What is Socrates' view on democracy?
(a) He thought it needed to be implemented instantly.
(b) He had never heard of it.
(c) He found it silly.
(d) He thought it the best way to run a country.

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

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

5. What does Socrates praise in a homily to show that he loved virtue?
(a) The sunshine.
(b) Money and power.
(c) The Greek government.
(d) The value of self-discipline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Meletus claim Socrates caused the youth to do?

2. What are the standards of virtue as seen by Socrates?

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

4. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?

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

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