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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. Whom does Socrates claim people should listen to if they are sick?
2. What does Socrates believe most people undervalue?
3. What did the gods oppose Socrates doing in his own view?
4. What did Meletus see Socrates doing?
5. How does Socrates argue one can modify someone else's behavior?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How is the anecdote about Critias and Alebiades used to prove that Socrates did not have a negative effect on the youth?
3. How does Socrates help Aristarchus sort through ignorance and deficiencies?
4. What does Socrates tell Cristobulus he should do in order to deserve good friends who are also good people?
5. What does Socrates say in response to the charge of corrupting the young?
6. How does Socrates open his defense, and how does he refer to the Oracle of Delphi as part of his argument?
7. In subsection 4 of Chapter 2, Book 1, how did Socrates motivate people to start being good?
8. Why doesn't Socrates prepare for his defense before the trial?
9. What does Xenophon note at the opening of Socrates' defense, and whom does he cite as an important source of information?
10. How does Socrates' conversation with Aristippus illustrate that he encouraged his friends to be self-disciplined with regard to their bodily desires?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Investigate "Conversations of Socrates" as an apologia. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical apologia? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as an apologia? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the book as an apologia?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Ischomachus, and why does Socrates feel he reflects the ideal of the truly good man?
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the main themes in this book (charges against Socrates, Socrates' virtue, true good, love and responsibility) and detail its recurrences throughout the book. What does it add to the story? How does it affect the different individuals?
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