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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the gods oppose Socrates doing in his own view?
(a) Using force to defend himself.
(b) Working on his defense.
(c) Showing humility.
(d) Dreaming.

2. 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.

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

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

5. How does Socrates teach his associates they should act in respect to food, drink, sex, and sleep?
(a) They should disregard these vices as unnecessary.
(b) They should live to excess.
(c) They should fear them.
(d) They should be self-disciplined.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ultimately, what is Socrates' Defense?

3. What did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?

4. What does Socrates say is the best defense he could have?

5. What does Plato think of Socrates' defense at the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Book 1, what does the editor clarify about the concepts of self-discipline and free action?

2. What does Socrates tell his oldest son when Lamprodes is angry with his mother Xanthippe?

3. In subsection 4 of Chapter 2, Book 1, how did Socrates motivate people to start being good?

4. How does Socrates' conversation with Antiphon serve to demonstrate that Socrates loved virtue?

5. How did Socrates act out of public piety to show his students how to live good lives?

6. How does Socrates' conversation with Aristippus illustrate that he encouraged his friends to be self-disciplined with regard to their bodily desires?

7. What positive aspects does Socrates list about the possibility of being convicted of the charges brought against him?

8. What does Xenophon note at the opening of Socrates' defense, and whom does he cite as an important source of information?

9. Why doesn't Socrates prepare for his defense before the trial?

10. Describe the conversation between Pericles and Alcibiades in subsection 2 of Chapter 2, Book 1.

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