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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 makes the Memoirs of Socrates hard to date?
(a) Socrates himself denounced the writings.
(b) The conversations are poorly organized.
(c) It is written with horrible grammar.
(d) The document is in pieces.

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

3. According to Socrates, why was he not introducing new deities?
(a) One of the gods had spoken to him.
(b) He refused to give a reason.
(c) He had heard of the new deities from foreigners.
(d) He had a prophetic dream.

4. What does Socrates believe most people undervalue?
(a) Religion.
(b) Their civic duty.
(c) A hard day's work.
(d) Their friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hermogenes claim could be the outcome of the trial?

2. What is Xenophon confused by in the first subsection of Book 1?

3. Who does Alcibiades have a discussion with about the nature of law?

4. What does Socrates tell Critobulus should be valued above all else?

5. What does Xenophon report he overheard Socrates telling a friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Xenophon note at the opening of Socrates' defense, and whom does he cite as an important source of information?

4. Describe the conversation between Pericles and Alcibiades in subsection 2 of Chapter 2, Book 1.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How is the anecdote about Critias and Alebiades used to prove that Socrates did not have a negative effect on the youth?

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