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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) Their natural vices.
(b) Socrates' finances.
(c) All the wealth in Athens.
(d) The fate of all of Greece.

2. How does Plato compare to Xenophon as a philosopher?
(a) Plato is inferior to Xenophon.
(b) Plato is a better philosopher.
(c) They are about equal.
(d) They are too similar to compare.

3. What does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?
(a) Sacrificed to the gods.
(b) Obeyed laws.
(c) Uttered a heretical word.
(d) Listened to others.

4. What did Meletus see Socrates doing?
(a) Talking to spies.
(b) Starting to escape.
(c) Sacrificing to the gods.
(d) Eating on the holy day.

5. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?
(a) The ideal of the true good.
(b) Its not what you know; it's who you know.
(c) God does not exist.
(d) Socrates is always correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Socrates tell Aristodemus the gods deserve esteem?

2. What does Socrates tell Critobulus he should do to deserve good people in his life?

3. How did Critias and Alcibiades do great damage to Athens?

4. What does Xenophon note about Socrates' prophecy?

5. Socrates believes Lamprocles has ample reason to be grateful to _____________.

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