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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is an expert undermined?

2. What do experts have to do with laws?

3. What is the danger of disobeying an unjust law?

4. What position does Strepsiades have in society?

5. What does Strepsiades think about the education Socrates offers him?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Socrates, why must one not commit injustices?

2. What is Crito's opinion of Socrates, following his trial?

3. What gives law authority, according to Socrates?

4. What reasons does Socrates give for deciding to remain in Athens, rather than escape with Crito?

5. What is the nature of the fight Strepsiades and Pheidippides have when Strepsiades throws a party for his son?

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

7. What violent action does Pheidippides visit upon his father? How does Pheidippides justify his action?

8. Who is Strepsiades? Why does he enter Socrates' Thinkery?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Explain the Socratic method. How is the method structured? What is the aim of this method? What logic is it based from? Why is Socrates known for this method?

2) Examine the discussion of piety in Euthyphro. How is the Socratic method used in this instance?

3) Examine the discussion of injustice in Crito. How is the Socratic method used in this instance?

Essay Topic 2

1) What are the exact nature of the charges leveled against Socrates?

2) Why might youth be particularly drawn to Socrates and his philosophy?

3) How does Socrates' reputation contribute to the charges against him?

Essay Topic 3

Socrates provides his way of life as evidence of his innocence in the trial of Apology.

1) What is Socrates' "way of life"? How does his way of life relate to the "central question" of life, as he sees it?

2) Why does Socrates compare himself to Achilles, with respect to his way of life?

3) Why does Socrates compare himself to an inhuman pest, with respect to his way of life?

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