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

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

3. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?
(a) To not be distressed by poverty.
(b) To always honor the gods.
(c) To avoid worshipping the gods.
(d) To work harder.

4. What does Socrates say should not be avoided completely on the path of liberty?
(a) Violence.
(b) Reverence to the government.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) The passions and vices one has.

5. What does Xenophon argue the city of Athens should do to Socrates?
(a) Banish him from the city.
(b) Revere him as a god.
(c) Execute him.
(d) Praise him for his good deeds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Socrates view suffering through free action?

3. Whom does Socrates reference when illustrating his beliefs on suffering?

4. What is Xenophon explaining at the onset of subsection 4?

5. According to Socrates, why was he not introducing new deities?

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