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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 foolish man.
(b) As a cowardly man.
(c) As a repentant man.
(d) As a noble man.

2. What was the first thing Socrates said his friends needed?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Money.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Slaves.

3. How does Socrates defend his claim of pride in his ability as a pimp?
(a) He speaks with the most bravado.
(b) He has the largest following.
(c) He represents his clients pleasantly and speaks modestly.
(d) He has the most influence.

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

5. How does Xenophon feel about spending time with Socrates?
(a) He wishes to be elsewhere.
(b) He feels it is always a service.
(c) He loathes it.
(d) He feels it is a privilege.

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates wanted his friends to be well-informed on ___________.

2. Whom does Socrates describe as soft?

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

4. What does Socrates try and convince Dionysodorous of in Book 3?

5. What does Socrates question Theodote about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Xenophon demonstrate that Socrates displayed his conception of morality and piety by following it in the fourth subsection of Chapter 2, Book 4?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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