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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 comes to entertain the men at Callias' dinner?

2. Socrates claims that having physical love is no indication of ______________.

3. What does Socrates believe you must do to be a good democratic administrator?

4. Why did Dionysodorous come to Athens in Book 3?

5. Where does Chapter 3 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men at the dinner party react to seeing the passionate kissing between Ariadne and Dionysus?

2. What does Socrates tell Charmides about his use of his administrative abilities?

3. Why does Euthydemus think himself wise, and what does Socrates conclude after conversing with him?

4. 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?

5. Why is Socrates proud and how does he defend his claim?

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

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

8. How did Socrates improve his associates through philosophical discussion?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Xenophon's "Conversations of Socrates" similar to and different from Plato's "Apology"? Why do these two works warrant a comparison at all?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the main themes in this book (charges against Socrates, Socrates' virtue, true good, love and responsibility) and detail its recurrences throughout the book. What does it add to the story? How does it affect the different individuals?

Essay Topic 3

How does Xenophon show that Socrates was a good man, and why does he feel this is important?

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