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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 did Socrates do to make his friends more efficient?
(a) Freed them from all labor.
(b) Gave them better tools.
(c) Urged them to have self-discipline.
(d) Did their work for them.

2. What does Socrates try and convince Dionysodorous of in Book 3?
(a) There is a plot against his life.
(b) He should have a more expansive view of his job.
(c) There is no God.
(d) He is meant to lead a revolt.

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

4. What does Socrates question Theodote about?
(a) Her thoughts on marriage.
(b) Her allegiance to Greece.
(c) How she finds friends.
(d) Her religious practices.

5. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?
(a) To work harder.
(b) To not be distressed by poverty.
(c) To avoid worshipping the gods.
(d) To always honor the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forced the jurors to condemn Socrates, according to Xenophon?

2. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?

3. What does Socrates believe you must do to be a good democratic administrator?

4. Whom is Lamprocles becoming angry with that causes Socrates to teach him?

5. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?

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