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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Dinner-Party.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Meletus see Socrates doing?
(a) Talking to spies.
(b) Sacrificing to the gods.
(c) Eating on the holy day.
(d) Starting to escape.

2. Socrates wanted his friends to be well-informed on ___________.
(a) His teachings.
(b) The gods.
(c) Many various subjects.
(d) Military strategy.

3. What does Socrates say is the best defense he could have?
(a) Having done nothing wrong.
(b) His cunning and wit.
(c) A pocketful of money.
(d) His fists.

4. Whom was Callias strongly attracted to in Chapter 3?
(a) A ghost.
(b) The boy Autolycus.
(c) His own mother.
(d) The wife of his best friend.

5. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?
(a) He is not in debt.
(b) He is wealthy beyond necessity.
(c) He is a financial hardship to his friends.
(d) He owes many debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?

2. What did Socrates prophesy about in Chapter 1?

3. What does Meletus claim Socrates caused the youth to do?

4. What behavior of Critias and Alcibiades did Socrates not approve of?

5. What does the Oracle of Delphi have to say about Socrates?

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