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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Last Days of Socrates: Chapter 1, Introductory Notes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the introductory notes, who is this version of "The Last Days of Socrates" intended for?
(a) Serious philosophy scholars.
(b) Teachers and professors.
(c) The layperson.
(d) College and university students.

2. How does Tarrant recommend avoiding confusion based on differences in pagination between the versions?
(a) Make sure everyone who is working on the dialogues has the same version.
(b) Have everyone work on handouts that are all copied from the same book.
(c) Use overhead projections or online versions of the book.
(d) Using content as a reference, instead of pagination.

3. Why do variations exist between the translations of the Socratic dialogues?
(a) There were long periods of time between the translations, so some have archaic language.
(b) There are very few variations, only hair-splitting will reveal the differences.
(c) The translations were written by people of varying levels of education.
(d) They are written for different audiences.

4. Who originally arranged these four dialogues in a group?
(a) Tarrant.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Thrasyllus.
(d) Plato.

5. How well did the Grecian authors portray Socrates' beliefs?
(a) They attempted to always portray Socrates accurately, with varying degrees of success.
(b) They accurately portrayed Socrates' philosophy and logic, but not his beliefs.
(c) The beliefs held by the characters based on Socrates may not have been similar to Socrates' at all.
(d) They tried to stick very closely to the beliefs Socrates actually held.

Short Answer Questions

1. People who knew Socrates referred to what quality that he possessed?

2. Why did Socrates begin his practice of Socratic inquiry?

3. According to Tarrant, what is the quality and accuracy of the dialogues originally recorded by Plato?

4. What city was Socrates loyal to?

5. According to Book 1, Chapter 1, the oldest existing version of the dialogues is from what century?

(see the answer key)

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