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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Socrates, why would political life be dangerous for him?
(a) He is too tempted by power.
(b) He would become too absorbed by the affection and attention.
(c) He would try to help everyone, and despair when he could not.
(d) Those who fight for justice are killed.

3. What verdict does the jury deliver in Socrates' trial?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Guilty by reason of mental disease.
(c) It was the equivalent of a hung jury.
(d) Innocent.

4. Why does Socrates compare himself to a subhuman pest?
(a) He wakes up the Athenian people.
(b) He is always underfoot.
(c) It takes more than poison to kill him.
(d) He is small but dangerous.

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

6. What explains Socrates' stance on political activity?
(a) He listens to his friends.
(b) He listens to his students.
(c) His father, a politician, was killed because of his position.
(d) A divine voice in his head told him how to behave.

7. How does society react to a philosopher who tells the truth, according to Socrates?
(a) That philosopher is feared.
(b) That philosopher is celebrated.
(c) That philosopher is ignored.
(d) That philosopher is hated.

8. How does Socrates compare death to sleep?
(a) Sleep, like death, is often filled with frightening visions.
(b) The only thing similar is the closing of the eyes.
(c) Sleep is restful, but death is a never-resting state.
(d) Since sleep is good, death is good.

9. What does Socrates say about death and the divine voice in his head?
(a) If death was a bad thing, his divine voice would have objected to his trial.
(b) His divine voice will die with him, and that is truly a tragedy.
(c) His divine voice has told him terrible things about the afterlife.
(d) His divine voice has assured him he will be with Zeus in heaven.

10. Why does Socrates compare himself to Achilles?
(a) He fights for the just and the true.
(b) He has a tiny but fatal flaw: his kindness.
(c) He is excellent at the javelin throw.
(d) He is destined to die.

11. Euthyphro's definition of piety depends upon what body of stories?
(a) The Epic of Gilgamesh.
(b) Greek mythology.
(c) Aesop's Fables.
(d) Scandinavian mythology.

12. What does Socrates tell his friends and supporters after his sentence is decided?
(a) He berates them for their lack of support.
(b) He asks them to visit him and talk with him.
(c) He asks them to never look upon him again.
(d) He makes them promise to build a bigger school after his death.

13. What is prophecy?
(a) Knowledge of the future.
(b) A ritual rite of passage to manhood.
(c) Faith in the gods.
(d) Hatred for one's own family.

14. What is the name of Zeus' father?
(a) Kronos.
(b) Hades.
(c) Titan.
(d) Hercules.

15. Why are many scientists accused of atheism, according to Socrates?
(a) It is yet another lie perpetrated by Meletus.
(b) They have never been properly exposed to religious concepts.
(c) Scientists must disavow Zeus in order to be admitted as a scientist.
(d) Scientists will not accept religious explanations for things.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the overarching subject of Euthyphro?

3. What is Socrates' general attitude toward the citizens of Athens?

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

5. Which god does Euthyphro admire above all others?

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