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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Socrates benefit his associates and friends?
(a) Through example and conversation.
(b) He protected them with military power.
(c) He amused them.
(d) He gave them money.

2. What did Socrates prophesy about in Chapter 1?
(a) Anytus' future.
(b) A victory in battle.
(c) His own fate.
(d) The fall of Greece.

3. What does the editor emphasize should not prevent you from using worldly goods?
(a) The government.
(b) The amount of money you have.
(c) The virtue of self-discipline.
(d) The thoughts of other people.

4. What does the Oracle of Delphi have to say about Socrates?
(a) He needed to be silenced.
(b) He was not to be trusted.
(c) He was the most free and most prudent of all people.
(d) The Oracle thought he was foolish.

5. How does Socrates teach his associates they should act in respect to food, drink, sex, and sleep?
(a) They should be self-disciplined.
(b) They should fear them.
(c) They should disregard these vices as unnecessary.
(d) They should live to excess.

6. What does Xenophon discuss with Critobulus in Subsection 6?
(a) A book he had read.
(b) How one should acquire friends.
(c) His fear of death.
(d) The fate of Socrates.

7. Whom does Socrates reference when illustrating his beliefs on suffering?
(a) He references Meletus.
(b) He references Heracles.
(c) He references Plato.
(d) He references Xenophon.

8. What is the problem with the refugees Aristarchus is housing?
(a) They are a rowdy bunch.
(b) They refuse to bathe.
(c) They do not work.
(d) They are drunk all of the time.

9. What did Meletus see Socrates doing?
(a) Eating on the holy day.
(b) Talking to spies.
(c) Starting to escape.
(d) Sacrificing to the gods.

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

11. What did Socrates not encourage his students to do?
(a) Join the military.
(b) Become tyrants.
(c) Pay taxes.
(d) Read other teachings besides his.

12. How does Socrates argue one can modify someone else's behavior?
(a) By providing behavior incentives.
(b) By ignoring them until they change.
(c) By deserting them.
(d) By force.

13. What were Socrates' friends doing that mystified him?
(a) Chanting his name.
(b) Praying for his release.
(c) Calling him God.
(d) Crying as he was led away.

14. Whom is Lamprocles becoming angry with that causes Socrates to teach him?
(a) The gods.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) The government.

15. What is Xenophon explaining at the onset of subsection 4?
(a) Reasons to execute Socrates.
(b) An argument he had with Plato.
(c) Socrates' views on friendship.
(d) His role in the trial of Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Socrates' disposition as he is being led away?

2. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?

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

4. How does Plato compare to Xenophon as a philosopher?

5. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?

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