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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say is the best defense he could have?
(a) A pocketful of money.
(b) Having done nothing wrong.
(c) His cunning and wit.
(d) His fists.

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

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

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

5. What does Socrates tell Critobulus he should do to deserve good people in his life?
(a) Buy his friends.
(b) Make himself a good man.
(c) Sacrifice himself to the gods.
(d) Ignore the views of the government.

6. What behavior of Critias and Alcibiades did Socrates not approve of?
(a) Performing executions.
(b) Singing in public.
(c) Their exotic dress.
(d) Their use of alcohol.

7. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?
(a) To always honor the gods.
(b) To not be distressed by poverty.
(c) To work harder.
(d) To avoid worshipping the gods.

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

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

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

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

12. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.
(a) Any religion.
(b) The government.
(c) The wages of death.
(d) His bodily desires.

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

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

15. How does Plato compare to Xenophon as a philosopher?
(a) They are too similar to compare.
(b) They are about equal.
(c) Plato is inferior to Xenophon.
(d) Plato is a better philosopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Xenophon confused by in the first subsection of Book 1?

2. What does Book 2 show Socrates did?

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

4. What is the general point of Book 2?

5. What does Xenophon argue the city of Athens should do to Socrates?

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