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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 examples are used to illustrate the point?

2. What is separated at the time of death?

3. Which is not one of the absolutes?

4. The topic of beauty is considered to be which of the following?

5. What is one of the main themes in this dialogue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Socrates final request to Crito?

2. What is the setting of Dialogue 3? What time of day is it? Who is present?

3. What could cause the corrupted soul? How might a corrupted soul return to the known world?

4. What is Socrates' theory on the return of the soul to the known world?

5. At this point, Socrates develops and expounds on a new theory. What is the theory and how is it explained?

6. What is Socrates' opinion on his alleged time of death?

7. What unusual physical issue did Socrates experience shortly before death? What conversation did it prompt?

8. What is Socrates' opinion on the fear of death in the eyes of a philosopher?

9. What is the contradiction made by Socrates in reference to an incorruptible soul?

10. How does the reader learn of the details of Socrates death? How did Socrates die? Who relays the news?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the reaction of Socrates when he was informed that he would be arrested and tried by the Athenian Council. What were the official charges? Who instigated the case? Why? Who investigated the claims made against Socrates? What did Socrates do to prepare for the trial? How did Socrates defend himself?

Essay Topic 2

Many people believe that Plato was the actual author of the Four Dialogues, not Socrates. Discuss this possibility. Also discuss the tradition of a student writing and publicizing the work of a revered teacher. How is that not dishonest or even considered to be plagiarism? In what areas was this common practice? Does it still happen today?

Essay Topic 3

Give your overall view of the dialogues. Do you find it to be a valuable source of Socrates' work? How does it compare to similar works by Plato, Nietzsche, and other noted philosophers? What might have been added to or subtracted from the Dialogues to better inform the reader? Which part was the most enlightening to you? Which of Socrates' theories was most interesting to you? Explain.

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