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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 Plato think of Socrates' defense at the trial?
(a) He has an arrogant tone.
(b) It is utter nonsense.
(c) It is based on falsehoods.
(d) It echoes his own thoughts.

2. How does Socrates teach his associates they should act in respect to food, drink, sex, and sleep?
(a) They should be self-disciplined.
(b) They should live to excess.
(c) They should fear them.
(d) They should disregard these vices as unnecessary.

3. According to Socrates,what has not corrupted the youth?
(a) The food they eat.
(b) The texts they have read.
(c) His practice of virtue.
(d) The government.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?

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

3. According to Xenophon, who are examples of good men Socrates has taught?

4. What makes the Memoirs of Socrates hard to date?

5. Who brought the charges against Socrates?

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