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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Socrates talking to Nicomachides about at the start of subsection 4?
(a) The state of politics.
(b) The unfairness of slavery.
(c) Who the people appointed for a general.
(d) His dying wish.

2. What does Hermogenes say drunkenness is in subsection six?
(a) Annoying one's companions.
(b) A horrific crime.
(c) The best way to live life.
(d) Man's only solace.

3. How does Xenophon feel about spending time with Socrates?
(a) He loathes it.
(b) He feels it is always a service.
(c) He wishes to be elsewhere.
(d) He feels it is a privilege.

4. Where does Chapter 3 take place?
(a) A shrine to the gods.
(b) An abandoned temple.
(c) Socrates' grave.
(d) An Athenian dinner party.

5. What does Xenophon feel Socrates could do based on individual's needs?
(a) Adjust his aid accordingly.
(b) Instruct the person in the ways of the gods.
(c) Predict the person's future.
(d) Make the person a formidable soldier.

6. What does Socrates do to help Glaucon become a head of state?
(a) Supports him publicly.
(b) Sacrifices to the gods on his behalf.
(c) Places a bribe on his behalf.
(d) Instructs him to become wise.

7. What does Socrates try and convince Dionysodorous of in Book 3?
(a) There is a plot against his life.
(b) There is no God.
(c) He should have a more expansive view of his job.
(d) He is meant to lead a revolt.

8. Socrates reasons the world was designed for ______________.
(a) His personal gain.
(b) The good of man.
(c) The strong and mighty.
(d) Testing man's resilience.

9. According to Socrates, what happens to physical love as we age?
(a) It controls us.
(b) We understand it better.
(c) It grows stronger.
(d) We lose it.

10. According to Socrates, what is one way to learn what is right?
(a) By asking your parents.
(b) By following the laws of the state.
(c) By doing wrong.
(d) By trial and error.

11. What does Socrates focus on instead of what is good generally, at the close of Subsection 8?
(a) He focuses on his godly nature.
(b) He focuses on what things are good for what purpose.
(c) He focuses on the evils of his fellow man.
(d) He focuses on the good he has done.

12. What event was Xenophon hosting a party to celebrate in Chapter 3?
(a) A victorious battle by soldiers.
(b) His election to the Senate .
(c) Autolycus' victory in the pancration.
(d) His recent favors from the gods.

13. What does Socrates argue men should rank over physical love?
(a) Love of money.
(b) Love of parents.
(c) Love of mind.
(d) Love of God.

14. How did Socrates teach about morality and piety according to Xenophon?
(a) By teaching and following it.
(b) With complicated metaphors.
(c) By setting an example of what not to do.
(d) By writing songs.

15. How does Socrates defend his claim of pride in his ability as a pimp?
(a) He has the most influence.
(b) He has the largest following.
(c) He speaks with the most bravado.
(d) He represents his clients pleasantly and speaks modestly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What features do not fade according to Socrates?

2. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?

3. What does Aristippus try to trap Socrates into claiming?

4. What does Socrates believe you must do to be a good democratic administrator?

5. What does Socrates talk with Epigenes about in subsection 12?

(see the answer keys)

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