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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 2, The Phaedo Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes the comments introducing the first dialogue?
(a) Tredennick.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Tarrant.

2. What was Euthyphro's relationship to the victim?
(a) Euthyphro worked on the victim's farm.
(b) The victim knew Euthyphro's father well.
(c) Euthyphro was childhood friends with the victim.
(d) The victim worked in Euthyphro's household.

3. The victim of the crime committed by Euthyphro's relative had committed what crime himself?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Murder.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Robbery.

4. When asked how to overcome the difficulty in the debate, what did Socrates suggest?
(a) Accepting defeat graciously.
(b) Assistance.
(c) Giving up.
(d) Getting an impartial observer to decide the winner.

5. What did Crito say about how he would be affected, personally, by Socrates' death?
(a) He wouldn't be personally affected, but knew several people who would be.
(b) He would be moved to seek vengeance against those who caused it.
(c) He said that his reputation would suffer if he did not attempt to help Socrates.
(d) He would be devastated and wasn't sure he could go on living, himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Against who were Socrates and his partner debating at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?

2. What was the other possibility that Socrates contemplated regarding the afterlife?

3. What is the first of the four dialogues contained in "The Last Days of Socrates"?

4. What metaphor did Crito and Socrates use to illustrate their point about authority?

5. What were Socrates and Euthyphro attempting to use as a measure to determine the morality of Euthyphro's decision?

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