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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 claims he is not a slave to __________.
(a) Any religion.
(b) The wages of death.
(c) His bodily desires.
(d) The government.

2. Whom does Socrates have a conversation with that illustrates his belief on self-discipline?
(a) The goddess Athena.
(b) Aristippus.
(c) The Greek god of war.
(d) Himself.

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

4. How does Socrates teach people with good ambitions according to Xenophon in Book 3?
(a) He teaches them to apply themselves.
(b) He lectures them constantly.
(c) He tells them jokes.
(d) He tells them a story of the devil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates believes Lamprocles has ample reason to be grateful to _____________.

2. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?

3. What had Socrates decided that made him appear arrogant, according to Xenophon?

4. Why did Dionysodorous come to Athens in Book 3?

5. How does Xenophon believe Socrates thought about all virtues?

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