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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Plato's Crito.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Euthyphro's father accused of?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Begging.
(c) Assault.
(d) Impiety.

2. What is prophecy?
(a) Hatred for one's own family.
(b) A ritual rite of passage to manhood.
(c) Faith in the gods.
(d) Knowledge of the future.

3. What is Socrates' second defense against the charge that he is corrupting youth?
(a) Youth is made for corruption; only later in life does one find morality.
(b) He wouldn't have corrupted youth knowingly, because he feared retaliation for his actions.
(c) He had only talked with elderly people at his school.
(d) If love is a crime, Socrates is guilty as charged.

4. How should one seeking meaning in life, according to Socrates?
(a) By dulling one's senses with drugs and alcohol.
(b) By obeying the will of the gods.
(c) By considering a set of ideals, which one can use to compare to one's own life.
(d) By asking good friends for advice.

5. What does Socrates discover when he speaks with and interviews "wise men"?
(a) He discovers they know nothing.
(b) He realized they were simply trying to get him to convert to worshiping Apollo.
(c) Wise men is where Socrates got all his knowledge from.
(d) They are nearly as intelligent as himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Socrates put on trial?

2. Which is NOT one of the insults lodged against Socrates by the citizens of Athens?

3. What topic does Socrates discuss to dismantle Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?

4. Who does Euthyphro compare to himself and his father?

5. Who are the characters in Crito?

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