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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Memoirs of Socrates, Book IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Socrates decided that made him appear arrogant, according to Xenophon?
(a) Death was better than life.
(b) He was far superior to everyone there.
(c) He could bribe his way out of the trial.
(d) He could outwit Xenophon.

2. What does the author point out about his Socratic writings in Chapter 1?
(a) They are not his best work.
(b) They are meant to slander Socrates.
(c) He plagiarized large portions of it.
(d) They were written with the express purpose of defending Socrates.

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

4. What does Xenophon feel Socrates could do based on individual's needs?
(a) Make the person a formidable soldier.
(b) Adjust his aid accordingly.
(c) Predict the person's future.
(d) Instruct the person in the ways of the gods.

5. What does Socrates question Theodote about?
(a) Her allegiance to Greece.
(b) Her thoughts on marriage.
(c) Her religious practices.
(d) How she finds friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Socrates describe as soft?

2. What is the general point of Book 2?

3. What is Socrates' disposition as he is being led away?

4. What did Socrates do to make his friends more efficient?

5. What does Xenophon argue the city of Athens should do to Socrates?

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