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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 is Xenophon confused by in the first subsection of Book 1?
2. Why does Socrates tell Aristodemus the gods deserve esteem?
3. What makes the Memoirs of Socrates hard to date?
4. What forced the jurors to condemn Socrates, according to Xenophon?
5. How does Socrates argue one can modify someone else's behavior?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Socrates' instruction benefit Crito in subsection 9 of Chapter 2, Book 2?
2. What does Socrates say in response to the charge of corrupting the young?
3. 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?
4. What were the main charges that Socrates was accused of at his trial?
5. What did Socrates try to teach Chaerephon and Chaerecrates in Subsection 3 of Chapter 2, Book 2?
6. Why did Socrates have an arrogant tone at his trial according to Xenophon?
7. According to the editor how does Xenophon's "Conversations of Socrates" compare to Plato's "Apology"?
8. How does Socrates feel about the value of friends?
9. How is the anecdote about Critias and Alebiades used to prove that Socrates did not have a negative effect on the youth?
10. What does Socrates tell his oldest son when Lamprodes is angry with his mother Xanthippe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the time and place he lived reflected in Socrates' beliefs?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How does Socrates instruct others to change throughout this book? Detail the changes he inspires and the reasons behind those changes.
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