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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What behavior of Critias and Alcibiades did Socrates not approve of?
2. What forced the jurors to condemn Socrates, according to Xenophon?
3. What had Socrates decided that made him appear arrogant, according to Xenophon?
4. At the start of subsection 3, whom does Socrates advise according to Xenophon?
5. Why does Socrates believe he is rich when Antiphon questions his modest lifestyle?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the editor present Socrates' defense first in this collection of Socratic dialogues?
2. How does Xenophon define the concept to the "true good" in Chapter 2, Book 1?
3. What were the main charges that Socrates was accused of at his trial?
4. In subsection 4 of Chapter 2, Book 1, how did Socrates motivate people to start being good?
5. How does Socrates' conversation with Aristippus illustrate that he encouraged his friends to be self-disciplined with regard to their bodily desires?
6. What type of friends does Socrates tell Cristobulus that he should set to acquire?
7. What did Socrates try to teach Chaerephon and Chaerecrates in Subsection 3 of Chapter 2, Book 2?
8. What positive aspects does Socrates list about the possibility of being convicted of the charges brought against him?
9. In subsection 1 of Chapter 2, Book 1, what does Xenophon say about Socrates in defense of the charges that he worshiped different gods than the state and introduced new deities?
10. Why did Socrates have an arrogant tone at his trial according to Xenophon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the different symbols used throughout "Conversations of Socrates" to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Socrates and Xenophon. How are their beliefs and teachings similar and different?
Essay Topic 3
How would the book be different if Xenophon felt that Socrates deserved to die?
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