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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Dinner-Party.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates claim all of the men should demonstrate?
(a) The value of what they claim to possess.
(b) Their piety.
(c) Their devotion to Greece.
(d) Their athletic prowess.

2. What are the main charges against Socrates?
(a) Not recognizing the gods of the State, introducing new deities, and corrupting the young.
(b) Freeing prisoners from jail, disrespecting the State in public, and theft of money.
(c) Treason against the State, kidnapping of a princess, and defiling a temple.
(d) Revolutionary writings, murder of three men, and sacrificing too little to the gods.

3. What are the main themes of Chapter 3?
(a) Socrates should be remembered as a god.
(b) Revolt is the only answer.
(c) The love affair of Xenophon.
(d) The nature of love and Socrates' ideal true goodness.

4. What does Lycon tell Socrates as he is leaving after the discussion?
(a) He is in love with him.
(b) He believes Socrates is truly a good man.
(c) He thinks Socrates is a fool.
(d) He is too drunk to walk home.

5. Who is Hermogenes' father?
(a) Hipponicus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Xenophon.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates view suffering through free action?

2. What does Xenophon feel Socrates could do based on individual's needs?

3. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?

4. Whom does Socrates have a conversation with that illustrates his belief on self-discipline?

5. What is Crito able to use to his advantage in subsection 9?

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