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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 Socrates emphasize about the outcome of the trial?

2. What does Plato think of Socrates' defense at the trial?

3. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?

4. At the start of subsection 7, what does Xenophon relate Socrates has done for his friends?

5. Ultimately, what is Socrates' Defense?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Socrates' conversation with Aristippus illustrate that he encouraged his friends to be self-disciplined with regard to their bodily desires?

8. How does Socrates open his defense, and how does he refer to the Oracle of Delphi as part of his argument?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the main topic of conversation at Callias' dinner party in Chapter 3, and how does Socrates feel about this topic?

Essay Topic 2

How do the minor people in this book affect the plot? How would this book be different if one or more of these people were removed?

Essay Topic 3

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

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