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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. How did Socrates teach about morality and piety according to Xenophon?
2. What did the bachelors vow to do after seeing the couple's passionate kissing?
3. What does Xenophon reveal to us about Theodote in subsection 11?
4. What does Lycon tell Socrates as he is leaving after the discussion?
5. What does Socrates believe the Athenians should do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the conversation about beauty between Socrates and Critobulus in Chapter 3, subsection 5.
2. How do the men at the dinner party react to seeing the passionate kissing between Ariadne and Dionysus?
3. How does the dinner party of Chapter 3 come to be?
4. How does Socrates try to convince Nicomachides that Antisthenes can succeed as a general?
5. Why does Socrates tell Epigenes that he should be concerned about being in poor physical condition?
6. Why is Socrates proud and how does he defend his claim?
7. Describe Socrates conversation about self-discipline with Euthydemus.
8. Why does Socrates claim his friends need to learn responsibility before any other virtue?
9. What does Socrates say about eating in subsection 14 of Chapter 2, Book 3?
10. What did Socrates tell Euthydemus about the nature of religiosity in subsection 6 of Chapter 2, Book 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Socrates and Xenophon. How are their beliefs and teachings similar and different?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What charges was Socrates accused and convicted of, and how does Xenophon defend Socrates against each of these charges in "Conversations of Socrates"?
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