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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Socrates encourage people to do?
(a) Follow what they thought was right and develop their talents.
(b) Denounce false gods.
(c) Enjoy their worldly possessions.
(d) Rebel against the government.

2. When did Socrates think about his defense?
(a) For three months prior to the trial.
(b) When he was summoned for the trial.
(c) All of the time.
(d) For one week in a cell.

3. Whom does Socrates reference when illustrating his beliefs on suffering?
(a) He references Xenophon.
(b) He references Heracles.
(c) He references Plato.
(d) He references Meletus.

4. Who is Hermogenes' father?
(a) Hipponicus.
(b) Xenophon.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

5. What are the main charges against Socrates?
(a) Freeing prisoners from jail, disrespecting the State in public, and theft of money.
(b) Treason against the State, kidnapping of a princess, and defiling a temple.
(c) Revolutionary writings, murder of three men, and sacrificing too little to the gods.
(d) Not recognizing the gods of the State, introducing new deities, and corrupting the young.

6. What is the problem with the refugees Aristarchus is housing?
(a) They refuse to bathe.
(b) They are a rowdy bunch.
(c) They are drunk all of the time.
(d) They do not work.

7. How did Critias and Alcibiades do great damage to Athens?
(a) As oligarchs.
(b) They started a fire.
(c) Releasing animals from their cages.
(d) Committing treason.

8. What does Socrates say should not be avoided completely on the path of liberty?
(a) The passions and vices one has.
(b) Reverence to the government.
(c) Violence.
(d) Confrontation.

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

10. At the start of subsection 7, what does Xenophon relate Socrates has done for his friends?
(a) Burdened them.
(b) Spoken for them.
(c) Helped them through difficulties.
(d) Provided them with entertainment.

11. What does Critobulus worry about good men?
(a) They are only good due to wealth.
(b) They often quarrel and treat each other poorly.
(c) They are deceiving the world.
(d) They have malicious intentions.

12. What is free action according to the editor?
(a) An unattainable goal.
(b) Action that chooses good and is not hampered by vice.
(c) Action done recklessly and quickly.
(d) Action that leads to free money.

13. According to Xenophon, who are examples of good men Socrates has taught?
(a) Pericles and Meletus.
(b) Plato and himself.
(c) Crito and Cebes.
(d) Critias and Alcibiades.

14. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?
(a) God does not exist.
(b) The ideal of the true good.
(c) Its not what you know; it's who you know.
(d) Socrates is always correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the editor believe about the validity of the writings?

2. What does the editor emphasize should not prevent you from using worldly goods?

3. What does Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?

4. What does Xenophon discuss with Critobulus in Subsection 6?

5. What did the gods oppose Socrates doing in his own view?

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