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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 Hermogenes say he retains his friends?
(a) By praising them and returning their good works.
(b) By holding their money from them.
(c) By feeding them.
(d) By paying them.

2. What event does Xenophon describe to begin his story?
(a) The horse race at the Great Panathenaic Festival.
(b) A great flood.
(c) A marriage he attended.
(d) A funeral for his father.

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

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

5. What does Socrates praise Euthydemus for in spite of previously chiding him?
(a) His generous gift.
(b) His interest in achieving wisdom.
(c) His tidy house.
(d) His cooking ability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hermogenes delight in?

2. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?

3. What does Aristippus try to trap Socrates into claiming?

4. What does Socrates claim is easier about love for the mind?

5. How did Socrates help people when it came to religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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