1. What is Crito proposing to Socrates, and how does he try justify his proposal? (44b-46a)

2. According to Socrates, whose opinions should be valued? Is "the many" an authority we should respect? Why or why not? (46c-47d) Is this an un-Athenian attitude?

3. What does Socrates mean by "that part which . . . is improved by just actions and is destroyed (damaged?) by unjust actions"? (47d) Is this of more or less worth than the body, according to him? (47e-48a)

4. What does Socrates hold to be the most important thing? (48b4-5) To what is it equivalent, according to him? (48b6-7)

5. What is the "only valid consideration" at this point, according to Socrates? (48c-d)

6. Of what former agreements does Socrates remind Crito? (49b-e)

7. Of what might "the laws" (personified) accuse Socrates if he tried to do as Crito urges? (50a)

8. In what ways does Socrates owe his existence, upbringing and education to the state? (50e-51c)

9. On what basis does Socrates have a duty to obey the state even if it does not treat him in the most perfect manner? (What analogy is operating here?) (50e-51c)

10. How according to the "Laws," did Socrates enter into a tacit contract to obey the state? (51c-53a7)

11. What consequences might ensue if Socrates were to break his tacit agreements? (53a8-54b1)