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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates tell the jury after his sentence is decided?
(a) He is truly sorry for what he did.
(b) His students will visit more harm upon the city than he ever could.
(c) He thanked them for their service to the community.
(d) He will have his revenge, if not in this life, then the next.

2. According to Socrates, the philosopher who tells the truth ... ?
(a) Will be loved.
(b) Does not exist.
(c) Will be hated.
(d) Will be feared.

3. Why does Strepsiades throw Pheidippides a party?
(a) Pheidippides has agreed to murder Socrates.
(b) Strepsiades is celebrating Pheidippides' passage into manhood.
(c) Pheidippides is getting married.
(d) Pheidippides successfully tricked Strepsiades' creditors.

4. What does Strepsiades think about the education Socrates offers him?
(a) Socrates' knowledge is rudimentary and beneath him.
(b) Strepsiades is too intellectually weak to make use of it.
(c) Strepsiades is made immoral by Socrates' teachings.
(d) Strepsiades finds it fascinating and invaluable.

5. According to Socrates in Euthyphro, why don't wise men need to consult with the gods?
(a) The gods are impossible to access, and the journey is too difficult.
(b) The gods are not the final arbiters of what is good and truthful.
(c) The gods know too much; people need to find things out for themselves.
(d) Wise men don't need to consult with gods, but they certainly should.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates, what is dangerous about the conclusion that human good is related to what is dear to the gods?

2. What text does Pheidippides recite at the party Strepsiades throws for him?

3. According to The Clouds, what force holds communities and families together?

4. What explains Socrates' stance on political activity?

5. What famous text succeeded in tarnishing Socrates' reputation, dealing him a blow in his trial?

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