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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 argue men should rank over physical love?
2. Whom does Socrates wish to help in his conversation with Aristippus in subsection 8?
3. How does Socrates defend his claim of pride in his ability as a pimp?
4. What did Socrates do as President of the Assembly?
5. What does Socrates talk with Epigenes about in subsection 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Socrates say about being a good general?
2. Why does Euthydemus think himself wise, and what does Socrates conclude after conversing with him?
3. What do the men at the dinner party do in the sixth and seventh subsections of Chapter 3?
4. In the first subsection of Chapter 2, Book 4, what does Xenophon claim about spending time with Socrates?
5. How does the dinner party of Chapter 3 come to be?
6. Describe the conversation about beauty between Socrates and Critobulus in Chapter 3, subsection 5.
7. Why is Socrates proud and how does he defend his claim?
8. What is Socrates' opinion of how courage is acquired?
9. How does Xenophon demonstrate that Socrates displayed his conception of morality and piety by following it in the fourth subsection of Chapter 2, Book 4?
10. How does Socrates try to convince Nicomachides that Antisthenes can succeed as a general?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the different symbols used throughout "Conversations of Socrates" to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.
Essay Topic 2
What role does religion play in "Conversations of Socrates"? Why is this important to the plot overall?
Essay Topic 3
How is the concept of the "true good" defined in Memoirs of Socrates, and how do the stories in this chapter reflect this idea?
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