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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 was Niceratus proud he could do?

2. What does Socrates try and convince Dionysodorous of in Book 3?

3. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?

4. How does Hermogenes say he retains his friends?

5. What does Hermogenes say drunkenness is in subsection six?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Socrates claim his friends need to learn responsibility before any other virtue?

2. What is Socrates' opinion of how courage is acquired?

3. How does Socrates try to convince Nicomachides that Antisthenes can succeed as a general?

4. What do the men at the dinner party claim as the reasons for their pride, and what happens when the men discuss the value of what each man claims to possess?

5. Why does Socrates tell Epigenes that he should be concerned about being in poor physical condition?

6. What does Socrates say about being a good general?

7. What does Socrates claim about the difference between physical love and love of the mind in Chapter 3?

8. How does Xenophon justify his claim that Socrates was so devout that he did nothing without divine sanction?

9. How did Socrates improve his associates through philosophical discussion?

10. How does the dinner party of Chapter 3 come to be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What charges was Socrates accused and convicted of, and how does Xenophon defend Socrates against each of these charges in "Conversations of Socrates"?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Ischomachus, and why does Socrates feel he reflects the ideal of the truly good man?

Essay Topic 3

How does Xenophon show that Socrates was a good man, and why does he feel this is important?

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