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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 do to Euthydemus to convince him he needs to be wiser?
(a) He confuses him in conversation.
(b) He speaks in tongues.
(c) He tells him the gods told him so.
(d) He bests him in a fight.

2. What does Xenophon feel Socrates could do based on individual's needs?
(a) Instruct the person in the ways of the gods.
(b) Predict the person's future.
(c) Adjust his aid accordingly.
(d) Make the person a formidable soldier.

3. What does Socrates talk with Epigenes about in subsection 12?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) A job he has in mind for him.
(c) His snobby attitude.
(d) His poor physical condition.

4. Whom does Socrates describe as soft?
(a) The soldiers of Greece.
(b) The police force in Athens.
(c) Those that do not use their talents to serve their country.
(d) Charmides' children.

5. What are you compelled to do if you admire the goodness of another according to Socrates?
(a) Question their motives.
(b) Repent your sins.
(c) Act well to preserve the beloved's goodness.
(d) Act violently towards others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates focus on instead of what is good generally, at the close of Subsection 8?

2. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?

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

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

5. What does Socrates believe about courage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Xenophon justify his claim that Socrates was so devout that he did nothing without divine sanction?

6. What do the men at the dinner party do in the sixth and seventh subsections of Chapter 3?

7. How did Socrates improve his associates through philosophical discussion?

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

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

10. What does Socrates say about being a good general?

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