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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 does Plato think of Socrates' defense at the trial?
2. What does Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?
3. What is Socrates' disposition as he is being led away?
4. Whom is Lamprocles becoming angry with that causes Socrates to teach him?
5. What is the problem with the refugees Aristarchus is housing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Xenophon note at the opening of Socrates' defense, and whom does he cite as an important source of information?
2. What did Socrates try to teach Chaerephon and Chaerecrates in Subsection 3 of Chapter 2, Book 2?
3. Why did Socrates have an arrogant tone at his trial according to Xenophon?
4. How did Socrates' instruction benefit Crito in subsection 9 of Chapter 2, Book 2?
5. According to Xenophon why was Socrates convicted, and how was his fate appropriate?
6. Why does the editor present Socrates' defense first in this collection of Socratic dialogues?
7. What does Socrates tell Cristobulus he should do in order to deserve good friends who are also good people?
8. How is the anecdote about Critias and Alebiades used to prove that Socrates did not have a negative effect on the youth?
9. In Chapter 2, Book 1, what does the editor clarify about the concepts of self-discipline and free action?
10. According to the editor how does Xenophon's "Conversations of Socrates" compare to Plato's "Apology"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Xenophon show that Socrates was a good man, and why does he feel this is important?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Who is Ischomachus, and why does Socrates feel he reflects the ideal of the truly good man?
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