What is the central focus of the Socratic Method?
Memorization
Questioning
Meditation
Writing
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What is the central focus of the Socratic Method?
Memorization
Questioning
Meditation
Writing
Socrates did not write down his teachings. Who preserved them?
Sophocles
Xenophon
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates believed that the unexamined life was what?
Worth living
Not worth living
A philosophical journey
A divine gift
What was the punishment for Socrates after his trial?
Imprisonment
Banishment
Death by hemlock
Exile
What was Socrates accused of that led to his trial?
Corruption of youth
Heresy
Treason
Stealing
Socrates believed that philosophy begins with what?
Doubt
Faith
Happiness
Science
What did Socrates claim to know?
Everything
Nothing
The secrets of the gods
How to teach philosophy
Socrates' trial and execution are often seen as a conflict between which two principles?
Religion and philosophy
State and individual
Wealth and poverty
Ethics and politics
Socrates served as a soldier in which city-state's army?
Athens
Sparta
Corinth
Thebes
In Plato's works, Socrates often discusses what concept?
Utopia
Forms
Love
The soul
What did Socrates encourage his followers to question?
Traditional beliefs
All of the above
Religion
Authority
Which of the following was a major theme in Socrates' philosophy?
Wealth
Technology
Justice
Beauty
Socrates believed self-knowledge was key to what?
Success
Happiness
Power
Virtue
According to Socrates, what leads to true happiness?
Virtue
Fame
Wealth
Power
What was Socrates' primary teaching method?
Writing dialogues
Conducting experiments
Giving speeches
Asking questions
In Plato's "Crito," Socrates argues against what?
Teaching philosophy
Arguing with the court
Escaping from prison
Drinking poison
Socrates was married to whom?
Hippolyta
Cleonike
Xanthippe
Aspasia
Who was the student of Socrates who wrote about his life?
Xenophon
Heraclitus
Aristotle
Plato
What did Socrates' opponents claim he denied?
Education
Knowledge
Democracy
The gods of Athens
What does the term "gadfly" refer to in relation to Socrates?
His students' nickname
His quick wit
His annoyance to Athens
His admiration for insects