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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Memoirs of Socrates, Book IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?
(a) Socrates could confess despite his innocence.
(b) A hopeless deadlock among the jurors.
(c) Socrates could be guilty of something else.
(d) Socrates could be convicted.

2. What is the main theme compared to in Chapter 2?
(a) The golden rule.
(b) Religious tenets from around the globe.
(c) Being a gentleman.
(d) An ancient text of the Phoenicians.

3. Socrates argues the gods are concerned with ____________.
(a) Power and might.
(b) Their own splendor.
(c) The government.
(d) Human welfare.

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

5. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?
(a) Drinking to excess.
(b) Staying awake.
(c) Good eating.
(d) A vow of silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Socrates talking to Nicomachides about at the start of subsection 4?

2. What does Socrates cite for the court to hear?

3. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?

4. What does Socrates tell Euthydemus about people without self-discipline?

5. What does Socrates do to help people avoid mistakes and to teach others?

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