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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates emphasize about the outcome of the trial?
(a) The fates would protect him.
(b) He wished to become a martyr.
(c) It was never a fair trial.
(d) Everyone dies eventually.

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

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

4. How does Socrates view suffering through free action?
(a) You should inflict suffering on others to counteract it.
(b) It is better than involuntary suffering.
(c) It is inevitable.
(d) It is better to suffer with others.

5. What is the main theme compared to in Chapter 2?
(a) Being a gentleman.
(b) The golden rule.
(c) Religious tenets from around the globe.
(d) An ancient text of the Phoenicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forced the jurors to condemn Socrates, according to Xenophon?

2. What does Xenophon argue that Socrates has never done?

3. Whom does Socrates claim people should listen to if they are sick?

4. What is the main theme of the Memoirs?

5. How does Socrates argue one can modify someone else's behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. In subsection 1 of Chapter 2, Book 1, what does Xenophon say about Socrates in defense of the charges that he worshiped different gods than the state and introduced new deities?

2. How does Xenophon feel about the accusation that Socrates turned his students against their parents? How does he feel Athens should have felt about Socrates?

3. In Chapter 2, Book 1, what does the editor clarify about the concepts of self-discipline and free action?

4. What does Socrates tell Cristobulus he should do in order to deserve good friends who are also good people?

5. What type of friends does Socrates tell Cristobulus that he should set to acquire?

6. What were the main charges that Socrates was accused of at his trial?

7. How does Socrates feel about the value of friends?

8. How does Socrates open his defense, and how does he refer to the Oracle of Delphi as part of his argument?

9. What does Socrates tell his oldest son when Lamprodes is angry with his mother Xanthippe?

10. How does Xenophon define the concept to the "true good" in Chapter 2, Book 1?

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