Conversations of Socrates Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Conversations of Socrates Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Socrates claim people should listen to if they are sick?
(a) No one.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The gods.

2. What is Socrates' disposition as he is being led away?
(a) He is trembling.
(b) He is extremely sad.
(c) He is overcome with rage.
(d) He is cheerful.

3. What does Socrates believe most people undervalue?
(a) Their civic duty.
(b) A hard day's work.
(c) Religion.
(d) Their friends.

4. When did Socrates think about his defense?
(a) For three months prior to the trial.
(b) All of the time.
(c) When he was summoned for the trial.
(d) For one week in a cell.

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

6. What does Plato think of Socrates' defense at the trial?
(a) He has an arrogant tone.
(b) It echoes his own thoughts.
(c) It is based on falsehoods.
(d) It is utter nonsense.

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

8. What is Socrates' view on democracy?
(a) He thought it needed to be implemented instantly.
(b) He found it silly.
(c) He had never heard of it.
(d) He thought it the best way to run a country.

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

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

11. What does Xenophon argue Socrates could not lead people to do?
(a) Work in his garden.
(b) Lead a revolt in Athens.
(c) Completely live in a truly good fashion.
(d) Commit sacrilege.

12. How does Xenophon end his discussion in subsection 10?
(a) By condemning Socrates as a heretic.
(b) By allowing Socrates to leave.
(c) By recounting a discussion between Socrates and Diodorus.
(d) By questioning his own authority.

13. What does Meletus claim Socrates caused the youth to do?
(a) Listen to him and not their parents.
(b) Rebel against the government.
(c) End their own lives.
(d) Destroy holy relics.

14. In the second subsection of Book 1, what does Xenophon deny Socrates has done?
(a) Bribed him for protection.
(b) Met the Oracle of Delphi.
(c) Spoke to the gods.
(d) Had a negative effect on the youth.

15. What did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?
(a) Their natural vices.
(b) Socrates' finances.
(c) All the wealth in Athens.
(d) The fate of all of Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates argue no one has done because of him?

2. What does Socrates praise in a homily to show that he loved virtue?

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

4. How does Xenophon divide the Memoirs of Socrates?

5. What does the editor emphasize should not prevent you from using worldly goods?

(see the answer keys)

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