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

2. At the start of subsection 3, whom does Socrates advise according to Xenophon?
(a) Two brothers, Chaerephon and Chaerecrates.
(b) The Oracle of Delphi.
(c) His nieces and nephews.
(d) Plato.

3. At the start of subsection 7, what does Xenophon relate Socrates has done for his friends?
(a) Burdened them.
(b) Spoken for them.
(c) Provided them with entertainment.
(d) Helped them through difficulties.

4. What does Socrates say will allow Antisthenes to gain the needed capacities?
(a) His fearlessness.
(b) His piety.
(c) His focus on winning.
(d) His charisma.

5. What was the young man focused on that Socrates questions in book 3?
(a) Being popular.
(b) The letter of the law.
(c) Becoming a Calvary officer.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates do to Euthydemus to convince him he needs to be wiser?

2. What does Aristippus try to trap Socrates into claiming?

3. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?

4. How does Socrates teach his associates they should act in respect to food, drink, sex, and sleep?

5. Socrates reasons the world was designed for ______________.

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