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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 did Socrates do as President of the Assembly?

2. How does Socrates defend his claim of pride in his ability as a pimp?

3. What event does Xenophon describe to begin his story?

4. What was the young man focused on that Socrates questions 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 say about being a good general?

3. How does Socrates try to convince Nicomachides that Antisthenes can succeed as a general?

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

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

6. What is Socrates' opinion of how courage is acquired?

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

8. How does the dinner party of Chapter 3 come to be?

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

10. Describe the conversation about beauty between Socrates and Critobulus in Chapter 3, subsection 5.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the editor beginning this collection of Socratic dialogues with Socrates' Defense?

Essay Topic 2

How is the concept of the "true good" defined in Memoirs of Socrates, and how do the stories in this chapter reflect this idea?

Essay Topic 3

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

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