Socrates DIG article

Plato described Socrates clothing and shoes as

• fashionable and clean

• fashionable and dirty

• ragged and barefooted

• elegant but ragged

Almost everything that we know about Socrates comes from other __.

Match the following students of Socrates

• Plato's student

• Xenophon

• historian

• Plato

• comic playwright

• Aristotle

• Socrates' student

• Aristophanes

Plato wanted to ​ (a)   his own ​ (b)   and credibility by using ​ (c)   ideas.

• boost
• authority
• Socrates'
• Zeus'

The article described Socrates' appearance as having

• long hair, bulging eyes and strong arms

• a ugly nose, really big eyes and almost no hair

• almost no hair, skinny legs and a broken nose

• a large forehead, big eyes and an ugly nose

Describe the main purpose of the play Clouds, by Aristophanes. Use two examples from the article to support your answer.

Most Athenians were not able to study Philosophy because they did not have

• money, time or opportunity

• opportunity, energy or time

• time, energy or family

• family, opportunity, good looks

After reading the article, why do you think Socrates did not care about his appearance and own personal comfort? Use two examples from the article to support your answer.

Xenophon concentrated on Socrates' __ relationships with the people of Athens.

Plato's testimony of Socrates was not accurate because

• Plato used his own ideas of how Socrates was

• Plato fought Socrates for power

• Athenians liked Plato more than Socrates

• Plato never cared for Socrates