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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brought the charges against Socrates?
(a) The Oracle of Delphi.
(b) The Athenian people led by Meletus.
(c) The Spartans led by Xenophon.
(d) Plato and his followers.

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

3. Whom does Socrates have a conversation with that illustrates his belief on self-discipline?
(a) The goddess Athena.
(b) Aristippus.
(c) The Greek god of war.
(d) Himself.

4. What does Socrates praise in a homily to show that he loved virtue?
(a) The Greek government.
(b) Money and power.
(c) The sunshine.
(d) The value of self-discipline.

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

6. How does Xenophon divide the Memoirs of Socrates?
(a) Into four books of largely the same length.
(b) Into eight books with four chapters each.
(c) He doesn't divide it all.
(d) Directly in half.

7. What did Critias and Alcibiades control while under Socrates tutelage?
(a) The fate of all of Greece.
(b) All the wealth in Athens.
(c) Their natural vices.
(d) Socrates' finances.

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

9. What is the general point of Book 2?
(a) To show how Socrates could not be trusted.
(b) To show the weaknesses in Socrates' logic.
(c) To show Socrates as a deity.
(d) To show Socrates did not corrupt his friends.

10. Who asked the Oracle at Delphi about Socrates?
(a) Chaerephon.
(b) Meletus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Xenophon.

11. What does Socrates tell Critobulus he should do to deserve good people in his life?
(a) Buy his friends.
(b) Sacrifice himself to the gods.
(c) Ignore the views of the government.
(d) Make himself a good man.

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

13. What did Meletus see Socrates doing?
(a) Eating on the holy day.
(b) Starting to escape.
(c) Talking to spies.
(d) Sacrificing to the gods.

14. What did Socrates prophesy about in Chapter 1?
(a) His own fate.
(b) Anytus' future.
(c) A victory in battle.
(d) The fall of Greece.

15. What does Xenophon discuss with Critobulus in Subsection 6?
(a) A book he had read.
(b) The fate of Socrates.
(c) How one should acquire friends.
(d) His fear of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. When in his life is Xenophon reported to have written the memoirs?

2. What did Socrates believe about the gods that led to his great respect for them?

3. What does Xenophon argue Socrates could not lead people to do?

4. What did Socrates not encourage his students to do?

5. What does Socrates believe most people undervalue?

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