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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 talk with Epigenes about in subsection 12?

2. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?

3. How does Socrates teach people with good ambitions according to Xenophon in Book 3?

4. What does Lycon tell Socrates as he is leaving after the discussion?

5. How does Xenophon believe Socrates thought about all virtues?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Socrates tell Epigenes that he should be concerned about being in poor physical condition?

2. 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?

3. What do the men at the dinner party claim as the reasons for their pride, and what happens when the men discuss the value of what each man claims to possess?

4. What does Socrates learn about Theodote in Chapter 2, Book 3, Subsection 11, and how does he instruct her?

5. What does Socrates say about being a good general?

6. In the first subsection of Chapter 2, Book 4, what does Xenophon claim about spending time with Socrates?

7. What does Socrates claim about the difference between physical love and love of the mind in Chapter 3?

8. Why does Socrates claim his friends need to learn responsibility before any other virtue?

9. Describe Socrates conversation about self-discipline with Euthydemus.

10. What do the men at the dinner party do in the sixth and seventh subsections of Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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