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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 additional virtue is Socrates credited with having?
(a) The ability to teach others.
(b) The ability to perform magic.
(c) He is a brilliant alchemist.
(d) The virtue of silence.

2. What does Critobulus worry about good men?
(a) They often quarrel and treat each other poorly.
(b) They have malicious intentions.
(c) They are deceiving the world.
(d) They are only good due to wealth.

3. How does Socrates feel about Pericles (the younger)?
(a) He has high hopes for his generalship.
(b) He can't stand him.
(c) He believes him to be the most pious of all people.
(d) He would like to kill him.

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

5. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?
(a) Go on the offensive.
(b) Repent of their sins.
(c) Relocate the city.
(d) Recover their ancestral forms of life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Socrates emphasize about the outcome of the trial?

3. In the second subsection of Book 1, what does Xenophon deny Socrates has done?

4. Charmides claims the combination of young beauty and music make him think of _____________.

5. How does Xenophon claim Socrates meet his death?

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