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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 cite for the court to hear?
(a) The words the god spoke to him.
(b) The laws of Greece.
(c) His virtues.
(d) His religious beliefs.

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

3. What were Socrates' friends doing that mystified him?
(a) Calling him God.
(b) Crying as he was led away.
(c) Chanting his name.
(d) Praying for his release.

4. What is Xenophon confused by in the first subsection of Book 1?
(a) The military presence surrounding Socrates.
(b) The accusation that Socrates is guilty of the charges.
(c) The meaning Socrates is trying to convey.
(d) The importance of Socrates' trial.

5. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.
(a) Any religion.
(b) His bodily desires.
(c) The government.
(d) The wages of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates believe about the gods that led to his great respect for them?

2. What did Meletus see Socrates doing?

3. In the second subsection of Book 1, what does Xenophon deny Socrates has done?

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

5. Who asked the Oracle at Delphi about Socrates?

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