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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. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?
(a) He is a financial hardship to his friends.
(b) He owes many debts.
(c) He is not in debt.
(d) He is wealthy beyond necessity.

2. What does Plato think of Socrates' defense at the trial?
(a) It is based on falsehoods.
(b) He has an arrogant tone.
(c) It echoes his own thoughts.
(d) It is utter nonsense.

3. When did Socrates think about his defense?
(a) For one week in a cell.
(b) For three months prior to the trial.
(c) All of the time.
(d) When he was summoned for the trial.

4. What does the editor believe about the validity of the writings?
(a) They are completely accurate.
(b) The writings are quasi-fictional.
(c) The writings are a hoax.
(d) They are meant to be laughed at.

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) Plato.
(d) His nieces and nephews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Socrates claim people should listen to if they are sick?

2. What does Socrates believe most people undervalue?

3. According to Socrates, why was he not introducing new deities?

4. Who brought the charges against Socrates?

5. Why does Socrates tell Aristodemus the gods deserve esteem?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Socrates help Aristarchus sort through ignorance and deficiencies?

2. How did Socrates' instruction benefit Crito in subsection 9 of Chapter 2, Book 2?

3. What did Socrates try to teach Chaerephon and Chaerecrates in Subsection 3 of Chapter 2, Book 2?

4. What does Socrates say in response to the charge of corrupting the young?

5. Why does the editor present Socrates' defense first in this collection of Socratic dialogues?

6. How does Xenophon define the concept to the "true good" in Chapter 2, Book 1?

7. According to Xenophon why was Socrates convicted, and how was his fate appropriate?

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

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

10. How is the anecdote about Critias and Alebiades used to prove that Socrates did not have a negative effect on the youth?

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