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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 tell Critobulus should be valued above all else?
(a) Power.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Good friends.
(d) Intelligence.
2. What does Xenophon argue the city of Athens should do to Socrates?
(a) Banish him from the city.
(b) Revere him as a god.
(c) Praise him for his good deeds.
(d) Execute him.
3. What does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?
(a) Sacrificed to the gods.
(b) Listened to others.
(c) Uttered a heretical word.
(d) Obeyed laws.
4. Whom is Lamprocles becoming angry with that causes Socrates to teach him?
(a) The government.
(b) His brother.
(c) The gods.
(d) His mother.
5. Who brought the charges against Socrates?
(a) Plato and his followers.
(b) The Athenian people led by Meletus.
(c) The Oracle of Delphi.
(d) The Spartans led by Xenophon.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?
2. How did Socrates benefit his associates and friends?
3. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?
4. How does Xenophon divide the Memoirs of Socrates?
5. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Socrates act out of public piety to show his students how to live good lives?
2. How does Socrates open his defense, and how does he refer to the Oracle of Delphi as part of his argument?
3. What positive aspects does Socrates list about the possibility of being convicted of the charges brought against him?
4. What were the main charges that Socrates was accused of at his trial?
5. Why did Socrates have an arrogant tone at his trial according to Xenophon?
6. How does Socrates help Aristarchus sort through ignorance and deficiencies?
7. How is the anecdote about Critias and Alebiades used to prove that Socrates did not have a negative effect on the youth?
8. Why does the editor present Socrates' defense first in this collection of Socratic dialogues?
9. How does Xenophon define the concept to the "true good" in Chapter 2, Book 1?
10. How does Socrates' conversation with Aristippus illustrate that he encouraged his friends to be self-disciplined with regard to their bodily desires?
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