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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when youthful Athenians follow Socrates' philosophical teachings?
(a) They belittle and are rude to their elders.
(b) They try to create their own rival schools of philosophy.
(c) They suddenly refuse to speak to Socrates.
(d) They share this knowledge with their elders.

2. How does Socrates try to prove that the Athenian definition of corruption is defective?
(a) By arguing that laws are meant to be broken.
(b) By showing that he pursues a good life in a proper way.
(c) By calling forth a large number of his students to testify.
(d) By asking the prosecution to produce concrete evidence of the alleged corruption.

3. In Euthyphro, what problem does Socrates have with the suggestion that it is good to be dear to the gods?
(a) The gods are, most likely, ordinary humans.
(b) The gods all behave according to a rigidly objective standard.
(c) The gods do not appear on earth to perceive human behavior.
(d) The gods behave arbitrarily, and not according to an objective standard.

4. At the end of Euthyphro, what does Socrates' "god" tell him?
(a) Athens will be destroyed in a great flood some day.
(b) He should not have treated Euthyphro so harshly.
(c) He is the wisest of men in another part of his life.
(d) He will die at dawn the next day.

5. Why did Socrates decide to worship the god that the oracle of Delphi channeled?
(a) Socrates did it out of spite, because the oracle did not want Socrates to worship his god.
(b) The oracle complimented his looks.
(c) The oracle had a correct pronouncement concerning wisdom.
(d) Socrates chose a god to worship randomly, because they don't exist, so it doesn't matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Socrates heartened about the possibility of an afterlife?

2. What does Socrates say about death and the divine voice in his head?

3. Which segment of society is Socrates charged with having a bad influence on?

4. How does Socrates characterize the gods in Euthyphro?

5. Why does Socrates believe he may lose his trial from the very start?

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