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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Estate-Manager.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Socrates believes Lamprocles has ample reason to be grateful to _____________.
(a) The dead.
(b) His employer.
(c) The gods.
(d) Xanthippe.

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

3. How did Socrates help people when it came to religion?
(a) He helped them think clearly about it.
(b) He warned them to stay away from it.
(c) He freed them from its bondage.
(d) He showed them the gods in person.

4. What is Xenophon confused by in the first subsection of Book 1?
(a) The accusation that Socrates is guilty of the charges.
(b) The military presence surrounding Socrates.
(c) The importance of Socrates' trial.
(d) The meaning Socrates is trying to convey.

5. What does Xenophon reveal to us about Theodote in subsection 11?
(a) She is very wealthy.
(b) She is a beacon of prudence.
(c) She consorts with anyone persuasive.
(d) She is in love with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ischomachus like to do for his home city?

2. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?

3. Why does Socrates tell Aristodemus the gods deserve esteem?

4. How do the books show Socrates delivering his message to people?

5. Whom does Socrates claim makes what is right into what is lawful?

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