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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aristophanes' Clouds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is one of the popular theories for why Socrates advanced a lackluster defense at his trial?
(a) He wished for the art of philosophy to die with him.
(b) He proceeded out of principle.
(c) He was worried about being unable to care for himself in old age.
(d) He wished to be martyr.

2. Why does law have authority?
(a) Citizens have an interdependence on laws, and so give them authority.
(b) Laws are inherently just.
(c) Laws are inherently good.
(d) Laws have authority because of the threat of violent punishment.

3. Socrates and Crito agree that the individual should follow what?
(a) The law.
(b) Their in-the-moment emotions.
(c) The truth.
(d) Popular opinion.

4. What is Socrates' stance with respect to his sentence?
(a) He will fight his sentence aggressively.
(b) He will not resist his sentence.
(c) He will find a way to avoid his sentence.
(d) He will ask his friends to appeal to the court for mercy.

5. What is the name of Socrates' institute in The Clouds?
(a) The Thinkery.
(b) The Athenian Institute of Higher Learning.
(c) Achilles' Homeland.
(d) The Sentinel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Euthyphro take place in?

2. Why does Socrates say that he is not impious?

3. What would happen if Socrates fled to a city that was poorly-governed?

4. How convinced was Crito by the defense Socrates provided during his trial?

5. Where does Crito take place?

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