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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 did the gods oppose Socrates doing in his own view?

2. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?

3. Who does Alcibiades have a discussion with about the nature of law?

4. What does Xenophon discuss with Critobulus in Subsection 6?

5. What did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Xenophon define the concept to the "true good" in Chapter 2, Book 1?

2. How does Socrates help Aristarchus sort through ignorance and deficiencies?

3. Why is Memoirs of Socrates hard to date? What does the editor believe about the validity of the piece?

4. What does Socrates say in response to the charge of corrupting the young?

5. What does Socrates tell his oldest son when Lamprodes is angry with his mother Xanthippe?

6. How does Socrates feel about the value of friends?

7. How is the anecdote about Critias and Alebiades used to prove that Socrates did not have a negative effect on the youth?

8. 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?

9. How does Xenophon feel about the accusation that Socrates turned his students against their parents? How does he feel Athens should have felt about Socrates?

10. How did Socrates act out of public piety to show his students how to live good lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Socrates instruct others to change throughout this book? Detail the changes he inspires and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 2

How would the book be different if Xenophon felt that Socrates deserved to die?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of the editor beginning this collection of Socratic dialogues with Socrates' Defense?

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