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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 does Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?
(a) How to sing.
(b) How to escape from prison.
(c) A new recipe for wine.
(d) How to find refuge from social interaction.

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

3. Socrates believes Lamprocles has ample reason to be grateful to _____________.
(a) Xanthippe.
(b) The gods.
(c) The dead.
(d) His employer.

4. Who is Hermogenes' father?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Hipponicus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Xenophon.

5. How does Socrates argue one can modify someone else's behavior?
(a) By deserting them.
(b) By ignoring them until they change.
(c) By providing behavior incentives.
(d) By force.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brought the charges against Socrates?

2. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?

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

4. How does Xenophon end his discussion in subsection 10?

5. According to Socrates,what has not corrupted the youth?

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