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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Apology: Chapter 1, Introduction & The Apology.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What evidence did the Athenian authorities use to accuse Socrates of blasphemy?
(a) He was overheard questioning an Oracle about her faith.
(b) He openly praised gods other than the Athenian deities.
(c) It was rumored that he had a "daemon", or an inner voice that was supposedly of divine origin.
(d) He wrote a dissertation on the effectiveness of prayer based on responses he received to his inquiries.

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

4. What city was Socrates loyal to?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Troy.
(d) Thrace.

5. How does Tarrant recommend avoiding confusion based on differences in pagination between the versions?
(a) Use overhead projections or online versions of the book.
(b) Make sure everyone who is working on the dialogues has the same version.
(c) Have everyone work on handouts that are all copied from the same book.
(d) Using content as a reference, instead of pagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what Athenian god did Euthyphro refer as an example to back up his decision?

2. How did Euthyphro react to Socrates' objections?

3. According to what Socrates told the jury, why did he hold dialogues with so many people?

4. Socrates claimed that he was questioning Euthyphro for what reason?

5. How did Grecian authors use Socrates' character?

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