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

2. What did Socrates do as President of the Assembly?
(a) He accepted bribes.
(b) Bullied others in the Assembly.
(c) He barred illegal motions.
(d) Extorted the wealthy.

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

4. What does Hermogenes delight in?
(a) Military victory.
(b) The goodness and influence of his friends.
(c) The stature he has attained.
(d) The ruination of others.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates claims that having physical love is no indication of ______________.

2. According to Socrates, what happens to physical love as we age?

3. How does Charmides act around the weakest of people according to Socrates?

4. What was the first thing Socrates said his friends needed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the dinner party of Chapter 3 come to be?

7. What does Socrates tell Charmides about his use of his administrative abilities?

8. What do the men at the dinner party claim as the reasons for their pride, and what happens when the men discuss the value of what each man claims to possess?

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

10. What does Socrates say about eating in subsection 14 of Chapter 2, Book 3?

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