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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. How does Socrates teach people with good ambitions according to Xenophon in Book 3?
2. Where does Socrates explain to Critobulus you can find beauty?
3. How does Xenophon claim Socrates reacted to authority?
4. What does Hermogenes delight in?
5. What does Socrates believe you must do to be a good democratic administrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Xenophon justify his claim that Socrates was so devout that he did nothing without divine sanction?
2. What does Socrates tell Charmides about his use of his administrative abilities?
3. How do the men at the dinner party react to seeing the passionate kissing between Ariadne and Dionysus?
4. Describe Socrates conversation about self-discipline with Euthydemus.
5. Why is Socrates proud and how does he defend his claim?
6. How does Socrates try to convince Nicomachides that Antisthenes can succeed as a general?
7. Describe the conversation about beauty between Socrates and Critobulus in Chapter 3, subsection 5.
8. Why does Euthydemus think himself wise, and what does Socrates conclude after conversing with him?
9. Why does Socrates claim his friends need to learn responsibility before any other virtue?
10. In the first subsection of Chapter 2, Book 4, what does Xenophon claim about spending time with Socrates?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is foreshadowing used in "Conversations of Socrates"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.
Essay Topic 2
What role does religion play in "Conversations of Socrates"? Why is this important to the plot overall?
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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