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

2. How does Xenophon believe Socrates thought about all virtues?
(a) They are the same.
(b) They are a myth.
(c) They are beyond human comprehension.
(d) He was above them.

3. How did Socrates teach about morality and piety according to Xenophon?
(a) With complicated metaphors.
(b) By setting an example of what not to do.
(c) By writing songs.
(d) By teaching and following it.

4. How does Xenophon divide the Memoirs of Socrates?
(a) Into eight books with four chapters each.
(b) He doesn't divide it all.
(c) Directly in half.
(d) Into four books of largely the same length.

5. Who does Alcibiades have a discussion with about the nature of law?
(a) Xenophon.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xenophon reveal to us about Theodote in subsection 11?

2. What does Xenophon discuss with Critobulus in Subsection 6?

3. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?

4. Whom does Socrates wish to help in his conversation with Aristippus in subsection 8?

5. Why did Euthydemus remove himself from the group according to Socrates?

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