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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. Socrates argues the gods are concerned with ____________.
(a) Power and might.
(b) Their own splendor.
(c) Human welfare.
(d) The government.

2. What event was Xenophon hosting a party to celebrate in Chapter 3?
(a) His election to the Senate .
(b) Autolycus' victory in the pancration.
(c) A victorious battle by soldiers.
(d) His recent favors from the gods.

3. Whom does Socrates claim people should listen to if they are sick?
(a) A doctor.
(b) The gods.
(c) No one.
(d) Their parents.

4. What does Meletus claim Socrates caused the youth to do?
(a) Rebel against the government.
(b) End their own lives.
(c) Listen to him and not their parents.
(d) Destroy holy relics.

5. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.
(a) Any religion.
(b) His bodily desires.
(c) The government.
(d) The wages of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Niceratus proud he could do?

2. According to Socrates, what is his financial situation?

3. What does Socrates cite for the court to hear?

4. What does Socrates claim he bears none of although his opponents do?

5. Why did Dionysodorous come to Athens in Book 3?

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