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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Plato's Crito.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Euthyphro covers which section of Socrates' legal ordeal?
(a) Execution.
(b) Trial.
(c) Arrest.
(d) Imprisonment.

2. What do experts have to do with laws?
(a) Only experts are able to tell when the law is broken.
(b) Law is derived from expertise.
(c) Universal laws of wisdom are the exclusive domain of the expert.
(d) Experts are called upon to evaluate laws.

3. What does Socrates say about the accusation that he is engaged in scientific pursuits?
(a) He denies being engaged in any such pursuits.
(b) He admits to pursuing science, but argues that science and religion are one and the same.
(c) He admits to being a lover of science, dealing his defense another blow.
(d) He studied science only as a naive child of seven.

4. What is Euthyphro's profession?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Prosecutor.
(d) Soldier.

5. What does Socrates ask the jury to believe about the gods in Apology?
(a) The gods will care for those who are good.
(b) The gods love scientists.
(c) The gods are not divine, but human.
(d) The gods appreciate regular sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates tell his friends and supporters after his sentence is decided?

2. Why does Socrates say that he is not impious?

3. What emotion did Socrates stir in the jury by his suggestion of a punishment?

4. Why does the Athenian community treat Euthyphro with contempt and derision?

5. What is the subject of Plato's Apology?

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