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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 Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?
(a) A new recipe for wine.
(b) How to escape from prison.
(c) How to find refuge from social interaction.
(d) How to sing.

2. According to Xenophon, who are examples of good men Socrates has taught?
(a) Plato and himself.
(b) Crito and Cebes.
(c) Critias and Alcibiades.
(d) Pericles and Meletus.

3. Whom does Socrates have a conversation with that illustrates his belief on self-discipline?
(a) Himself.
(b) The goddess Athena.
(c) Aristippus.
(d) The Greek god of war.

4. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?
(a) The ideal of the true good.
(b) God does not exist.
(c) Socrates is always correct.
(d) Its not what you know; it's who you know.

5. What does Xenophon argue the city of Athens should do to Socrates?
(a) Praise him for his good deeds.
(b) Execute him.
(c) Revere him as a god.
(d) Banish him from the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forced the jurors to condemn Socrates, according to Xenophon?

2. What did Socrates encourage people to do?

3. Why does Socrates believe he is rich when Antiphon questions his modest lifestyle?

4. How does Socrates view suffering through free action?

5. According to Socrates,what has not corrupted the youth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What were the main charges that Socrates was accused of at his trial?

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

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

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