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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 is Socrates' view on democracy?
(a) He thought it the best way to run a country.
(b) He thought it needed to be implemented instantly.
(c) He found it silly.
(d) He had never heard of it.

2. What is Socrates talking to Nicomachides about at the start of subsection 4?
(a) The unfairness of slavery.
(b) Who the people appointed for a general.
(c) The state of politics.
(d) His dying wish.

3. How does Xenophon end his discussion in subsection 10?
(a) By condemning Socrates as a heretic.
(b) By allowing Socrates to leave.
(c) By questioning his own authority.
(d) By recounting a discussion between Socrates and Diodorus.

4. What does Xenophon argue Socrates could not lead people to do?
(a) Work in his garden.
(b) Commit sacrilege.
(c) Completely live in a truly good fashion.
(d) Lead a revolt in Athens.

5. Who brought the charges against Socrates?
(a) Plato and his followers.
(b) The Oracle of Delphi.
(c) The Athenian people led by Meletus.
(d) The Spartans led by Xenophon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates talk with Epigenes about in subsection 12?

2. Whom does Socrates have a discussion with about right conduct in subsection 4?

3. What does Socrates do to help Glaucon become a head of state?

4. How did Critias and Alcibiades do great damage to Athens?

5. What does the author point out about his Socratic writings in Chapter 1?

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