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

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

3. What is Socrates' view on democracy?
(a) He had never heard of it.
(b) He found it silly.
(c) He thought it the best way to run a country.
(d) He thought it needed to be implemented instantly.

4. Why did Euthydemus remove himself from the group according to Socrates?
(a) To repent of his sins.
(b) To follow a different philosophy.
(c) To gain a different perspective.
(d) To avoid embarrassment and learning.

5. Why does the Editor present Socrates Defense first?
(a) He believes it is Xenophon's first Socratic dialogue.
(b) He thought it was too long to be at the end.
(c) He believes it will catch the reader's attention.
(d) He did not place it there; it is at the end.

Short Answer Questions

1. What additional virtue is Socrates credited with having?

2. What is the problem with the refugees Aristarchus is housing?

3. Socrates claims he is not a slave to __________.

4. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?

5. What does Socrates say should not be avoided completely on the path of liberty?

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