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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Euthyphro: Chapter 1, The Euthyphro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the four dialogues did not occur at the same time as the others?
(a) The second.
(b) The fourth.
(c) The third.
(d) The first.

2. According to Euthyphro, the gods only received satisfaction from what?
(a) Divine service.
(b) The happiness of mortals.
(c) Saving mortals from peril.
(d) Holy actions.

3. How many groups of information are in the book's introductory material?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

5. What was unsettling, to Socrates, about the conversation he had with Euthyphro?
(a) Socrates knew that Euthyphro was going to go ahead with his prosecution, even though Socrates believed it was immoral.
(b) Euthyphro did not seem to care about Socrates' point of view.
(c) He realized there was no way to know for sure what the gods wanted.
(d) There were some portions of Euthyphro's argument that Socrates had difficulty understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tarrant recommend avoiding confusion based on differences in pagination between the versions?

2. What did Socrates learn as a result of his dialogue with Euthyphro?

3. The people of his city felt that, for Socrates to have survived this battle, it must have taken a great deal of what?

4. What is the date that the first dialogue was written?

5. According to his conversation with Euthyphro, how did Socrates feel about the charges being brought against him?

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