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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 does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?
(a) Listened to others.
(b) Sacrificed to the gods.
(c) Uttered a heretical word.
(d) Obeyed laws.

2. What does Socrates tell Critobulus should be valued above all else?
(a) Good friends.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Power.

3. What does the editor emphasize should not prevent you from using worldly goods?
(a) The thoughts of other people.
(b) The virtue of self-discipline.
(c) The government.
(d) The amount of money you have.

4. What is free action according to the editor?
(a) Action done recklessly and quickly.
(b) Action that chooses good and is not hampered by vice.
(c) Action that leads to free money.
(d) An unattainable goal.

5. What does Xenophon note about Socrates' prophecy?
(a) He does not believe him.
(b) He was right.
(c) The time it was made.
(d) The outcome is yet unknown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the general point of Book 2?

3. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?

4. Whom is Lamprocles becoming angry with that causes Socrates to teach him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In subsection 1 of Chapter 2, Book 1, what does Xenophon say about Socrates in defense of the charges that he worshiped different gods than the state and introduced new deities?

3. According to the editor how does Xenophon's "Conversations of Socrates" compare to Plato's "Apology"?

4. How does Socrates feel about the value of friends?

5. Why did Socrates have an arrogant tone at his trial according to Xenophon?

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Memoirs of Socrates hard to date? What does the editor believe about the validity of the piece?

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