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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates have Euthyphro agree about, in regards to love?
(a) Love is the mutual lack of disrespect between two people.
(b) Things that are loved, are loved because they are loved by someone.
(c) Love, like the top of Mount Olympus, can never truly be known.
(d) Love always depends on exactly three parties.

2. Where does Euthyphro take place?
(a) In a government office.
(b) In Socrates' Thinkery.
(c) By a river.
(d) In prison.

3. Why does Socrates say that he is not impious?
(a) He regularly speaks with the voice in his head.
(b) He believes there are cloud goddesses.
(c) He in fact believes in Zeus wholeheartedly.
(d) Meletus, in charging impiety, has contradicted himself.

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

5. What is the basic impression of Socrates' overall defense strategy?
(a) It was strong, but just not enough.
(b) It was meaningless because Meletus rigged the trial.
(c) It was weak and full of holes.
(d) It displayed Socrates' full wit and brilliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Euthyphro, when the Athenian people are pious, what happens?

2. Which is NOT one of the insults lodged against Socrates by the citizens of Athens?

3. What city does Euthyphro take place in?

4. What happens when youthful Athenians follow Socrates' philosophical teachings?

5. Why does Socrates believe his oratorical skill is superior to his opponents in his trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Socrates charged with corrupting the youth? Why do the youth follow his philosophy and ideas?

2. What does Socrates believe is the standard of good living to most Athenians? What is his response to this standard?

3. What is Socrates' second response to the charge that he has corrupted Athens' youth?

4. What flaw does Socrates then find in the reasoning he laid out in previous Question #9?

5. Is Socrates innocent or guilty of the charges against him, in the eyes of Athens and its legal system?

6. What is Socrates' response to the charge that he is impious and/or an atheist?

7. What first definition of piety is provided in Euthyphro? What does the character providing the definition cite as an example that proves his definition?

8. How does Socrates relate human goodness to the first definition of piety provided in Euthyphro?

9. What is Socrates' counter to the second definition of piety offered in Euthyphro?

10. What is the nature of the legal troubles the characters in Euthyphro are involved in?

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