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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Socrates wanted his friends to be well-informed on ___________.
(a) The gods.
(b) His teachings.
(c) Military strategy.
(d) Many various subjects.

4. How does Charmides act around the weakest of people according to Socrates?
(a) He is too hard on them.
(b) He speaks too loudly.
(c) He acts insane.
(d) He is too shy.

5. How does Socrates teach people with good ambitions according to Xenophon in Book 3?
(a) He teaches them to apply themselves.
(b) He tells them a story of the devil.
(c) He lectures them constantly.
(d) He tells them jokes.

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

7. What does Socrates claim is easier about love for the mind?
(a) It is easier to live without.
(b) It requires little work.
(c) It is easier to reciprocate.
(d) It is easier to fake.

8. How does Hermogenes say he retains his friends?
(a) By paying them.
(b) By holding their money from them.
(c) By praising them and returning their good works.
(d) By feeding them.

9. What does Socrates say will allow Antisthenes to gain the needed capacities?
(a) His fearlessness.
(b) His focus on winning.
(c) His charisma.
(d) His piety.

10. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?
(a) Drinking to excess.
(b) Staying awake.
(c) A vow of silence.
(d) Good eating.

11. What was Niceratus proud he could do?
(a) Run the fastest.
(b) Recite all of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(c) Juggle.
(d) Make women love him.

12. What does Socrates question Theodote about?
(a) Her allegiance to Greece.
(b) Her thoughts on marriage.
(c) Her religious practices.
(d) How she finds friends.

13. What did Socrates do as President of the Assembly?
(a) Extorted the wealthy.
(b) Bullied others in the Assembly.
(c) He accepted bribes.
(d) He barred illegal motions.

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

15. Why did Euthydemus remove himself from the group according to Socrates?
(a) To repent of his sins.
(b) To gain a different perspective.
(c) To avoid embarrassment and learning.
(d) To follow a different philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xenophon reveal to us about Theodote in subsection 11?

2. What does Socrates try and convince Dionysodorous of in Book 3?

3. According to Socrates, what happens to physical love as we age?

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

5. Whom was Callias strongly attracted to in Chapter 3?

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