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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates say will allow Antisthenes to gain the needed capacities?
(a) His focus on winning.
(b) His charisma.
(c) His piety.
(d) His fearlessness.

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

3. Who comes to entertain the men at Callias' dinner?
(a) A group of actors.
(b) A singing group.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Phillipus.

4. Whom was Callias strongly attracted to in Chapter 3?
(a) The boy Autolycus.
(b) The wife of his best friend.
(c) His own mother.
(d) A ghost.

5. What made Euthydemus feel wise?
(a) He had made the decision to flee Greece.
(b) He had read the writings of poets and sages.
(c) He had a vision from the gods.
(d) He had battlefield skills..

6. What does Socrates question Theodote about?
(a) Her allegiance to Greece.
(b) Her thoughts on marriage.
(c) How she finds friends.
(d) Her religious practices.

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

8. How does Xenophon claim Socrates meet his death?
(a) As a noble man.
(b) As a foolish man.
(c) As a repentant man.
(d) As a cowardly man.

9. Charmides claims the combination of young beauty and music make him think of _____________.
(a) Love.
(b) Youth.
(c) Home.
(d) The gods.

10. How did Socrates help people when it came to religion?
(a) He freed them from its bondage.
(b) He helped them think clearly about it.
(c) He showed them the gods in person.
(d) He warned them to stay away from it.

11. How does Charmides act around the weakest of people according to Socrates?
(a) He is too hard on them.
(b) He speaks too loudly.
(c) He acts insane.
(d) He is too shy.

12. What does Lycon tell Socrates as he is leaving after the discussion?
(a) He is too drunk to walk home.
(b) He is in love with him.
(c) He thinks Socrates is a fool.
(d) He believes Socrates is truly a good man.

13. Socrates wanted his friends to be well-informed on ___________.
(a) Many various subjects.
(b) Military strategy.
(c) His teachings.
(d) The gods.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hermogenes delight in?

2. Where does Socrates explain to Critobulus you can find beauty?

3. What was Niceratus proud he could do?

4. What features do not fade according to Socrates?

5. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?

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