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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Euthyphro, when the Athenian people are pious, what happens?
(a) Neighboring Sparta suffers illness and death.
(b) The gods reward them.
(c) They feel better and work harder, with or without the gods.
(d) The gods shun them.

2. According to Euthyphro, what might Socrates say about his own level of knowledge?
(a) Socrates feels he knows nothing.
(b) Socrates feels he is a storehouse of knowledge.
(c) Socrates feels he has a great memory.
(d) Socrates feels wisdom is completely unimportant.

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

4. The Euthyphro is known as what kind of writing?
(a) Novel.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Play.
(d) Autobiography.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates believe is the central question of life?

2. Why is Socrates put on trial?

3. What is the overarching subject of Euthyphro?

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

5. What is Socrates' definition of piety?

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