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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Oracle of Delphi have to say about Socrates?

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

4. How does Xenophon divide the Memoirs of Socrates?

5. What does Socrates teach Crito in subsection 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the editor present Socrates' defense first in this collection of Socratic dialogues?

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

7. How does Socrates' conversation with Aristippus illustrate that he encouraged his friends to be self-disciplined with regard to their bodily desires?

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

9. How did Socrates' instruction benefit Crito in subsection 9 of Chapter 2, Book 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the editor beginning this collection of Socratic dialogues with Socrates' Defense?

Essay Topic 2

How is the concept of the "true good" defined in Memoirs of Socrates, and how do the stories in this chapter reflect this idea?

Essay Topic 3

How is Xenophon's "Conversations of Socrates" similar to and different from Plato's "Apology"? Why do these two works warrant a comparison at all?

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