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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Socrates' respond to Crito's worry over Socrates' reputation?
(a) Socrates shares Crito's concern.
(b) Regardless of reputation, he must obey the law.
(c) Socrates actually wants his reputation to be as bad as possible.
(d) Socrates pleads with Crito to restore his legacy.

2. At what point does Strepsiades stop speaking to Pheidippides?
(a) When Pheidippides tries to trick Strepsiades' creditors.
(b) When Pheidippides reads a poem about incest.
(c) When Pheidippides enrolls with Socrates.
(d) When Pheidippides threatens to beat up his own mother.

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

4. What is the subject of Plato's Apology?
(a) Socrates' definition of piety.
(b) A day of Socrates teaching at his school.
(c) Socrates' execution.
(d) Socrates' trial.

5. At a party, over what subject do Strepsiades and Pheidippides fight?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) A woman.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the characters in Crito?

2. Strepsiades' ultimate fear about Pheidippides revolves around which taboo?

3. According to Socrates in Euthyphro, why don't wise men need to consult with the gods?

4. Why does the Athenian community treat Euthyphro with contempt and derision?

5. Where is Socrates kept prior to his sentence being carried out?

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