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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 did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?

2. Ultimately, what is Socrates' Defense?

3. How does Xenophon end his discussion in subsection 10?

4. According to Socrates,what has not corrupted the youth?

5. What did Meletus see Socrates doing?

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

4. According to the editor how does Xenophon's "Conversations of Socrates" compare to Plato's "Apology"?

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

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

7. How did Socrates act out of public piety to show his students how to live good lives?

8. 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?

9. How does Socrates' conversation with Antiphon serve to demonstrate that Socrates loved virtue?

10. 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?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How is the time and place he lived reflected in Socrates' beliefs?

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