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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. How does Xenophon claim Socrates meet his death?
(a) As a noble man.
(b) As a repentant man.
(c) As a cowardly man.
(d) As a foolish man.

2. How did Socrates teach about morality and piety according to Xenophon?
(a) By teaching and following it.
(b) By writing songs.
(c) With complicated metaphors.
(d) By setting an example of what not to do.

3. What was the young man focused on that Socrates questions in book 3?
(a) Being popular.
(b) Money.
(c) The letter of the law.
(d) Becoming a Calvary officer.

4. What does Socrates say about homosexuality?
(a) It is to be expected.
(b) He is disgusted by the idea.
(c) It is a genetic defect.
(d) It is impure and debauchery.

5. What does Xenophon reveal to us about Theodote in subsection 11?
(a) She consorts with anyone persuasive.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She is a beacon of prudence.
(d) She is very wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates discuss with Charmides at the start of subsection 7?

2. According to Socrates, what is one way to learn what is right?

3. What are the main themes of Chapter 3?

4. What does Socrates argue men should rank over physical love?

5. Who comes to entertain the men at Callias' dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men at the dinner party react to seeing the passionate kissing between Ariadne and Dionysus?

2. Describe the conversation about beauty between Socrates and Critobulus in Chapter 3, subsection 5.

3. Describe Socrates conversation about self-discipline with Euthydemus.

4. In the first subsection of Chapter 2, Book 4, what does Xenophon claim about spending time with Socrates?

5. What did Socrates tell Euthydemus about the nature of religiosity in subsection 6 of Chapter 2, Book 4?

6. What does Socrates tell his companions at the dinner party about love in subsection 8 of Chapter 3?

7. How does Socrates try to convince Nicomachides that Antisthenes can succeed as a general?

8. Why does Socrates claim his friends need to learn responsibility before any other virtue?

9. What is Socrates' opinion of how courage is acquired?

10. What does Socrates learn about Theodote in Chapter 2, Book 3, Subsection 11, and how does he instruct her?

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