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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hermogenes say drunkenness is in subsection six?
(a) A horrific crime.
(b) The best way to live life.
(c) Annoying one's companions.
(d) Man's only solace.

2. What does Socrates do to Euthydemus to convince him he needs to be wiser?
(a) He bests him in a fight.
(b) He tells him the gods told him so.
(c) He speaks in tongues.
(d) He confuses him in conversation.

3. How does Socrates teach people with good ambitions according to Xenophon in Book 3?
(a) He tells them jokes.
(b) He lectures them constantly.
(c) He teaches them to apply themselves.
(d) He tells them a story of the devil.

4. Why did Dionysodorous come to Athens in Book 3?
(a) To teach military command.
(b) To seek financial help.
(c) To save his soul.
(d) To kill Socrates.

5. What does Socrates focus on instead of what is good generally, at the close of Subsection 8?
(a) He focuses on the evils of his fellow man.
(b) He focuses on what things are good for what purpose.
(c) He focuses on his godly nature.
(d) He focuses on the good he has done.

6. What does Socrates say is part of the job of a good general?
(a) Merciless killing.
(b) Securing the happiness of his followers.
(c) Spreading the teachings of the gods.
(d) Sacrificing himself to curry favor from the gods.

7. How does Xenophon claim Socrates reacted to authority?
(a) He obeyed it.
(b) He disregarded it.
(c) He was the authority.
(d) He openly rebelled against it.

8. What does Socrates claim all of the men should demonstrate?
(a) The value of what they claim to possess.
(b) Their devotion to Greece.
(c) Their athletic prowess.
(d) Their piety.

9. How did Socrates teach about morality and piety according to Xenophon?
(a) By writing songs.
(b) By teaching and following it.
(c) By setting an example of what not to do.
(d) With complicated metaphors.

10. What does Xenophon claim no one should believe about Socrates?
(a) He made false claims about the divine.
(b) He was an intelligent man.
(c) He cared for people.
(d) He made valid points.

11. What does Socrates conclude about the terms right and lawful?
(a) They have the same meaning.
(b) They have no relation to real life.
(c) He does not understand them.
(d) They are opposites.

12. What are the main themes of Chapter 3?
(a) The love affair of Xenophon.
(b) The nature of love and Socrates' ideal true goodness.
(c) Revolt is the only answer.
(d) Socrates should be remembered as a god.

13. What does Socrates believe is part of living a well-ordered life?
(a) Drinking to excess.
(b) A vow of silence.
(c) Good eating.
(d) Staying awake.

14. According to Socrates, what is one way to learn what is right?
(a) By doing wrong.
(b) By trial and error.
(c) By asking your parents.
(d) By following the laws of the state.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates tell Euthydemus about people without self-discipline?

2. Whom does Socrates describe as soft?

3. What event does Xenophon describe to begin his story?

4. Socrates reasons the world was designed for ______________.

5. What does Socrates do to help Glaucon become a head of state?

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