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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 does Socrates tell Critobulus should be valued above all else?
(a) Good friends.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Power.

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 reasons the world was designed for ______________.
(a) The strong and mighty.
(b) The good of man.
(c) Testing man's resilience.
(d) His personal gain.

4. What does Book 2 show Socrates did?
(a) Encourage his friends to be good.
(b) Encourage people to be violent.
(c) Commit blasphemy against the gods.
(d) Promote civil unrest.

5. What does Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?
(a) A new recipe for wine.
(b) How to find refuge from social interaction.
(c) How to escape from prison.
(d) How to sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates do to Euthydemus to convince him he needs to be wiser?

2. What did Socrates prophesy about in Chapter 1?

3. At the start of subsection 7, what does Xenophon relate Socrates has done for his friends?

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

5. How did Socrates benefit his associates and friends?

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