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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. How does Xenophon end his discussion in subsection 10?
(a) By recounting a discussion between Socrates and Diodorus.
(b) By allowing Socrates to leave.
(c) By questioning his own authority.
(d) By condemning Socrates as a heretic.

2. Subsection 8 shows Socrates interacting with ___________.
(a) New deities.
(b) Revolutionaries.
(c) A young beggar on the street.
(d) His friend Eutherus.

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

4. Whom is Lamprocles becoming angry with that causes Socrates to teach him?
(a) His mother.
(b) The government.
(c) The gods.
(d) His brother.

5. What does Socrates cite for the court to hear?
(a) His virtues.
(b) The words the god spoke to him.
(c) His religious beliefs.
(d) The laws of Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Socrates reference when illustrating his beliefs on suffering?

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

3. How do the books show Socrates delivering his message to people?

4. How does Socrates view suffering through free action?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Socrates' conversation with Antiphon serve to demonstrate that Socrates loved virtue?

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

4. What does Socrates say in response to the charge of corrupting the young?

5. Why doesn't Socrates prepare for his defense before the trial?

6. What positive aspects does Socrates list about the possibility of being convicted of the charges brought against him?

7. According to Xenophon why was Socrates convicted, and how was his fate appropriate?

8. According to the editor how does Xenophon's "Conversations of Socrates" compare to Plato's "Apology"?

9. How did Socrates act out of public piety to show his students how to live good lives?

10. What did Socrates try to teach Chaerephon and Chaerecrates in Subsection 3 of Chapter 2, Book 2?

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