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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 Meletus claim Socrates caused the youth to do?

2. Socrates believes Lamprocles has ample reason to be grateful to _____________.

3. How did Socrates benefit his associates and friends?

4. What does Socrates emphasize about the outcome of the trial?

5. According to Socrates, why was he not introducing new deities?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In subsection 4 of Chapter 2, Book 1, how did Socrates motivate people to start being good?

3. What does Socrates tell Cristobulus he should do in order to deserve good friends who are also good people?

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

5. What did Socrates try to teach Chaerephon and Chaerecrates in Subsection 3 of Chapter 2, Book 2?

6. What type of friends does Socrates tell Cristobulus that he should set to acquire?

7. Why does the editor present Socrates' defense first in this collection of Socratic dialogues?

8. What does Xenophon note at the opening of Socrates' defense, and whom does he cite as an important source of information?

9. Why did Socrates have an arrogant tone at his trial according to Xenophon?

10. In Chapter 2, Book 1, what does the editor clarify about the concepts of self-discipline and free action?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is foreshadowing used in "Conversations of Socrates"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

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

How does Xenophon show that Socrates was a good man, and why does he feel this is important?

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