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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. According to Tarrant, what is one modern debate which is similar in nature to the issues in the "Phaedo"?
(a) Nature vs. nurture.
(b) Intelligent Design.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) Capital punishment.

2. Who provides the information contained in the notes of Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Professional editors and scholars.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) The translator.

3. What did the Pythagoreans like to explore?
(a) The ways in which deity could be found to manifest itself in everyday life.
(b) The physical and scientific causes of things.
(c) The spiritual and intellectual characteristics of man.
(d) The motivations of the gods.

4. To what Athenian god did Euthyphro refer as an example to back up his decision?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Ares.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Zeus.

5. What was Socrates' objection to Euthyphro prosecuting his relative?
(a) Loyalty to family should come before loyalty to the law.
(b) Euthyphro had no way to be sure he was prosecuting the right person.
(c) Euthyphro didn't know all of the circumstances surrounding the crime.
(d) Euthyphro was known to have committed some minor crimes himself, and no one in his family prosecuted him for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tarrant, why did Socrates submit so easily to his sentencing?

2. Which of the four dialogues is "The Apology"?

3. Why did Socrates plead with Crito to listen to his reasoning?

4. What were Socrates and his partner debating about at the end of Book 5, Chapter 2?

5. What was the biggest factor that confused the debate between Socrates and Euthyphro?

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