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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the general point of Book 2?
(a) To show how Socrates could not be trusted.
(b) To show the weaknesses in Socrates' logic.
(c) To show Socrates did not corrupt his friends.
(d) To show Socrates as a deity.

3. Ultimately, what is Socrates' Defense?
(a) A work of religious greatness.
(b) A testament to hard work.
(c) A guide to life.
(d) A pamphlet as opposed to a book.

4. What does Socrates say should not be avoided completely on the path of liberty?
(a) Reverence to the government.
(b) Confrontation.
(c) The passions and vices one has.
(d) Violence.

5. At the start of subsection 3, whom does Socrates advise according to Xenophon?
(a) The Oracle of Delphi.
(b) Two brothers, Chaerephon and Chaerecrates.
(c) His nieces and nephews.
(d) Plato.

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

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

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

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

10. What does the author point out about his Socratic writings in Chapter 1?
(a) They are not his best work.
(b) They are meant to slander Socrates.
(c) They were written with the express purpose of defending Socrates.
(d) He plagiarized large portions of it.

11. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?
(a) Socrates is always correct.
(b) Its not what you know; it's who you know.
(c) God does not exist.
(d) The ideal of the true good.

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

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

14. What additional virtue is Socrates credited with having?
(a) The ability to perform magic.
(b) The virtue of silence.
(c) He is a brilliant alchemist.
(d) The ability to teach others.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates tell Critobulus should be valued above all else?

2. What did Socrates encourage people to do?

3. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?

4. What does Socrates emphasize about the outcome of the trial?

5. What is the problem with the refugees Aristarchus is housing?

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