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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 the bachelors vow to do after seeing the couple's passionate kissing?

2. How did Socrates help people when it came to religion?

3. What does Hermogenes delight in?

4. What does Socrates say is part of the job of a good general?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Socrates conversation with Pericles in the fifth subsection of Chapter 2, Book 3.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Socrates think about poverty, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Socrates and Xenophon. How are their beliefs and teachings similar and different?

Essay Topic 3

What charges was Socrates accused and convicted of, and how does Xenophon defend Socrates against each of these charges in "Conversations of Socrates"?

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