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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Crito able to use to his advantage in subsection 9?
(a) His friendship with Archedemus.
(b) His extreme strength.
(c) His telepathic powers.
(d) His social status.

2. How does Xenophon divide the Memoirs of Socrates?
(a) Directly in half.
(b) Into four books of largely the same length.
(c) Into eight books with four chapters each.
(d) He doesn't divide it all.

3. What does Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?
(a) A new recipe for wine.
(b) How to find refuge from social interaction.
(c) How to sing.
(d) How to escape from prison.

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

5. Who brought the charges against Socrates?
(a) The Athenian people led by Meletus.
(b) The Spartans led by Xenophon.
(c) The Oracle of Delphi.
(d) Plato and his followers.

6. What had Socrates decided that made him appear arrogant, according to Xenophon?
(a) He could bribe his way out of the trial.
(b) He could outwit Xenophon.
(c) He was far superior to everyone there.
(d) Death was better than life.

7. What did Socrates encourage people to do?
(a) Enjoy their worldly possessions.
(b) Denounce false gods.
(c) Rebel against the government.
(d) Follow what they thought was right and develop their talents.

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

9. What does Socrates argue no one has done because of him?
(a) Committed treason.
(b) Deserted the army.
(c) Stopped worshiping the gods.
(d) Died.

10. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?
(a) He did not place it there; it is at the end.
(b) He believes it will catch the reader's attention.
(c) He believes it is Xenophon's first Socratic dialogue.
(d) He thought it was too long to be at the end.

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

12. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?
(a) Socrates could be convicted.
(b) Socrates could confess despite his innocence.
(c) A hopeless deadlock among the jurors.
(d) Socrates could be guilty of something else.

13. How does Socrates view suffering through free action?
(a) It is better to suffer with others.
(b) You should inflict suffering on others to counteract it.
(c) It is better than involuntary suffering.
(d) It is inevitable.

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

15. According to Socrates, why was he not introducing new deities?
(a) He refused to give a reason.
(b) He had a prophetic dream.
(c) One of the gods had spoken to him.
(d) He had heard of the new deities from foreigners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates not encourage his students to do?

2. Whom is Lamprocles becoming angry with that causes Socrates to teach him?

3. What does Xenophon argue Socrates could not lead people to do?

4. What were Socrates' friends doing that mystified him?

5. Who does Alcibiades have a discussion with about the nature of law?

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