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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 Meletus see Socrates doing?
(a) Sacrificing to the gods.
(b) Eating on the holy day.
(c) Starting to escape.
(d) Talking to spies.

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

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

4. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?
(a) To work harder.
(b) To always honor the gods.
(c) To avoid worshipping the gods.
(d) To not be distressed by poverty.

5. What does Socrates believe most people undervalue?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Religion.
(c) A hard day's work.
(d) Their civic duty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What behavior of Critias and Alcibiades did Socrates not approve of?

3. What is Xenophon explaining at the onset of subsection 4?

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

5. What does Xenophon argue the city of Athens should do to Socrates?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. What type of friends does Socrates tell Cristobulus that he should set to acquire?

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