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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?
(a) Socrates' finances.
(b) Their natural vices.
(c) All the wealth in Athens.
(d) The fate of all of Greece.

2. What does Socrates say is the best defense he could have?
(a) Having done nothing wrong.
(b) A pocketful of money.
(c) His fists.
(d) His cunning and wit.

3. What did Socrates prophesy about in Chapter 1?
(a) The fall of Greece.
(b) A victory in battle.
(c) Anytus' future.
(d) His own fate.

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

5. What is Xenophon explaining at the onset of subsection 4?
(a) Socrates' views on friendship.
(b) His role in the trial of Socrates.
(c) An argument he had with Plato.
(d) Reasons to execute Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates emphasize about the outcome of the trial?

2. How do the books show Socrates delivering his message to people?

3. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?

4. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?

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

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