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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aristophanes' Clouds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Socrates, why should experts be obeyed?
(a) They are powerful men, and could damage you with their influence.
(b) They have a direct connection with the gods.
(c) They are more likely to know what is best.
(d) They have earned it by their long years of service.
2. Why does the dialogue in Euthyphro end?
(a) Euthyphro becomes frustrated and leaves.
(b) Socrates is taken to prison.
(c) There is a great earthquake.
(d) Plato died before he finished writing it.
3. What stance does Strepsiades ultimately take in regards to Socrates' teachings?
(a) He embraces them and starts his own school.
(b) He rejects them, but is always bothered by what might have been.
(c) He puts them to good use and becomes a lawyer.
(d) He rejects the teachings completely.
4. Where does Crito take place?
(a) At Plato's home.
(b) In prison.
(c) In Socrates' school.
(d) In Crito's study.
5. Socrates and Crito agree that the individual should follow what?
(a) The law.
(b) The truth.
(c) Popular opinion.
(d) Their in-the-moment emotions.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Socrates, why would political life be dangerous for him?
2. Aristophanes is from which city?
3. What is Socrates' general attitude toward the citizens of Athens?
4. In The Clouds, what does Socrates feel about Zeus?
5. Why does Socrates believe obedience to the law could not represent disrespectful behavior?
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