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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who asked the Oracle at Delphi about Socrates?
(a) Meletus.
(b) Chaerephon.
(c) Plato.
(d) Xenophon.

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

5. What are the standards of virtue as seen by Socrates?
(a) Patience is the only virtue according to Socrates.
(b) Wealth and slave owning.
(c) Time management and athletic ability.
(d) Wisdom, justice, self-control, and piety.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. Why does Socrates tell Aristodemus the gods deserve esteem?
(a) They made sure you had food.
(b) It was the law to regard them with esteem.
(c) They had given men knowledge and a mind.
(d) The gods told him personally.

13. According to Socrates,what has not corrupted the youth?
(a) The government.
(b) The texts they have read.
(c) His practice of virtue.
(d) The food they eat.

14. How did Critias and Alcibiades do great damage to Athens?
(a) As oligarchs.
(b) Releasing animals from their cages.
(c) They started a fire.
(d) Committing treason.

15. When in his life is Xenophon reported to have written the memoirs?
(a) Xenophon did not do the writings himself.
(b) Xenophon reportedly wrote them as a young man.
(c) The memoirs are supposedly written posthumously.
(d) It is believed Xenophon wrote them late in his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Socrates believe about the gods that led to his great respect for them?

2. How do the books show Socrates delivering his message to people?

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

4. What does the Oracle of Delphi have to say about Socrates?

5. What does Critobulus worry about good men?

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