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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another word for all-knowing?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Omnipotent.
(c) Ubiquitous.
(d) Omnipresent.

2. Who approached Socrates?
(a) Wealthy young men.
(b) Poets and thieves.
(c) Poor seekers.
(d) Plato's students.

3. Who accuses Socrates?
(a) Meletus.
(b) Oracle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Euthyphro.

4. Who is asked not to grieve for the outcome?
(a) Parents.
(b) Friends.
(c) Children.
(d) Wife.

5. Who does Socrates question?
(a) Meletus.
(b) Euthyphro.
(c) Phaedro.
(d) Plato.

6. Socrates claims to lack which of the following?
(a) Humility.
(b) True wisdom.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Hubris.

7. Greek philosophers were often known for which activity?
(a) Lion taming.
(b) Contemplation.
(c) Sports.
(d) Drinking.

8. Socrates continues to practice despite the likelihood of which of the following?
(a) Prison.
(b) Public ridicule.
(c) Banishment.
(d) Death.

9. Where was the killer left?
(a) Ditch.
(b) River.
(c) Jail.
(d) Barn.

10. What topic does Euthyphro ponder?
(a) Piety.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Joy.
(d) Remorse.

11. What, in Socrates' eyes, is a pointless solution to his crimes?
(a) Community service.
(b) Labor camp.
(c) Exile.
(d) Death.

12. What is Socrates' proposed punishment.
(a) Death.
(b) Probation and community service.
(c) None - he is innocent.
(d) Life in prison.

13. Socrates insists on defending himself with what?
(a) Divine intervention.
(b) Flow charts.
(c) Character references.
(d) His own merits.

14. Which of the following was the charge against Socrates?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Destruction of property.

15. Socrates jokes about which of the following?
(a) Visiting heaven.
(b) Needing a new suit.
(c) Being old.
(d) Having a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. The men are curious about which topic?

2. What would persuade Socrates to abandon his philosophy?

3. Friends are asked to care for what?

4. Man should not be tied to _______________.

5. The first setting of this dialogue is where?

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