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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. Who does Alcibiades have a discussion with about the nature of law?

2. What does the author point out about his Socratic writings in Chapter 1?

3. What is the main theme compared to in Chapter 2?

4. What does Socrates argue no one has done because of him?

5. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the conversation between Pericles and Alcibiades in subsection 2 of Chapter 2, Book 1.

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

8. What does Socrates tell his oldest son when Lamprodes is angry with his mother Xanthippe?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does religion play in "Conversations of Socrates"? Why is this important to the plot overall?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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