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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. Who comes to entertain the men at Callias' dinner?

2. What is Socrates talking to Nicomachides about at the start of subsection 4?

3. What does Xenophon claim no one should believe about Socrates?

4. What does Socrates say about homosexuality?

5. What does Socrates do to help Glaucon become a head of state?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Socrates tell his companions at the dinner party about love in subsection 8 of Chapter 3?

3. What does Socrates learn about Theodote in Chapter 2, Book 3, Subsection 11, and how does he instruct her?

4. Describe Socrates conversation with Pericles in the fifth subsection of Chapter 2, Book 3.

5. Describe Socrates conversation about self-discipline with Euthydemus.

6. Describe the conversation about beauty between Socrates and Critobulus in Chapter 3, subsection 5.

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

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

9. In the first subsection of Chapter 2, Book 4, what does Xenophon claim about spending time with Socrates?

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

How is foreshadowing used in "Conversations of Socrates"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 2

How are the different symbols used throughout "Conversations of Socrates" to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 3

Investigate "Conversations of Socrates" as an apologia. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical apologia? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as an apologia? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the book as an apologia?

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