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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. Who comes to entertain the men at Callias' dinner?
(a) A group of actors.
(b) Phillipus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) A singing group.

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

3. What features do not fade according to Socrates?
(a) Those which we do not use.
(b) Those we alter.
(c) Those we do not have.
(d) Those which come from loving a person's mind.

4. What does Xenophon claim no one should believe about Socrates?
(a) He made valid points.
(b) He cared for people.
(c) He was an intelligent man.
(d) He made false claims about the divine.

5. What was Niceratus proud he could do?
(a) Run the fastest.
(b) Make women love him.
(c) Recite all of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
(d) Juggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates tell Euthydemus about people without self-discipline?

2. What does Socrates talk with Epigenes about in subsection 12?

3. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?

4. Where does Socrates explain to Critobulus you can find beauty?

5. What event was Xenophon hosting a party to celebrate in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Socrates conversation with Pericles in the fifth subsection of Chapter 2, Book 3.

2. Why does Socrates tell Epigenes that he should be concerned about being in poor physical condition?

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

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

5. Why is Socrates proud and how does he defend his claim?

6. What does Socrates claim about the difference between physical love and love of the mind in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

10. Why does Euthydemus think himself wise, and what does Socrates conclude after conversing with him?

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