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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. Aristophanes is from which city?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Attica.
(c) Rome.
(d) Athens.

2. What relationship is Strepsiades to Pheidippides?
(a) Friend to friend.
(b) Uncle to nephew.
(c) Father to son.
(d) Son to father.

3. On which point in Crito does Socrates differ markedly from his position in Apology?
(a) On the strength of his piety.
(b) On the certainty of his wisdom.
(c) On the importance of reputation.
(d) On what it is to be a just law.

4. What does Socrates ask the jury to believe about the gods in Apology?
(a) The gods are not divine, but human.
(b) The gods will care for those who are good.
(c) The gods appreciate regular sacrifice.
(d) The gods love scientists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Crito and Socrates agree upon in regards to retaliation?

2. Why does Socrates believe obedience to the law could not represent disrespectful behavior?

3. In The Clouds, why does Socrates reject tradition?

4. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?

5. What would happen if Socrates fled to a city that was poorly-governed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Socrates' response to Crito when Crito worries about Socrates' reputation?

2. What is the nature of Strepsiades' most pressing problem? What does he hope to learn from Socrates? What does Socrates in turn teach him?

3. How does Strepsiades react to Socrates' course of study in the Thinkery? How does Socrates in turn respond to Strepsiades?

4. In Apology, what is Socrates' message in a final speech, both to his jurors and to those who defended him?

5. How does Socrates use the notion of a contract to reinforce his opinion that obeying the law is necessary?

6. How does Socrates' conception of the law and justice in Crito compare to his conception of law and justice in Apology?

7. How does Socrates, in Crito, state his case for why he will remain in jail and face his death sentence? What forms are in use?

8. How can Aristophanes' characterization of Socrates be summed up?

9. What is Socrates' attitude toward his impending death at the end of Crito?

10. To what degree did The Clouds shape public perception of Socrates?

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