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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. Socrates wanted his friends to be well-informed on ___________.

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

3. Where does Socrates explain to Critobulus you can find beauty?

4. What does Socrates praise Euthydemus for in spite of previously chiding him?

5. What does Socrates question Theodote about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

What does Socrates think about poverty, and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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