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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 Charmides act around the weakest of people according to Socrates?
2. What made Euthydemus feel wise?
3. What did Socrates do as President of the Assembly?
4. What does Xenophon claim no one should believe about Socrates?
5. Charmides claims the combination of young beauty and music make him think of _____________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Socrates tell Epigenes that he should be concerned about being in poor physical condition?
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 claim as the reasons for their pride, and what happens when the men discuss the value of what each man claims to possess?
4. How does Xenophon justify his claim that Socrates was so devout that he did nothing without divine sanction?
5. What does Socrates claim about the difference between physical love and love of the mind in Chapter 3?
6. How do the men at the dinner party react to seeing the passionate kissing between Ariadne and Dionysus?
7. How does the dinner party of Chapter 3 come to be?
8. What does Socrates tell Charmides about his use of his administrative abilities?
9. What does Socrates learn about Theodote in Chapter 2, Book 3, Subsection 11, and how does he instruct her?
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
What role does religion play in "Conversations of Socrates"? Why is this important to the plot overall?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How would the book be different if Xenophon felt that Socrates deserved to die?
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