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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name for Athens' hall of heroes?
(a) The Krytaniken.
(b) The Acropolis.
(c) The Prytaneum.
(d) The Coliseum.

2. Where does Euthyphro take place?
(a) In a government office.
(b) By a river.
(c) In Socrates' Thinkery.
(d) In prison.

3. Who does Socrates believe speaks to him, as expressed in Euthyphro?
(a) Plato.
(b) Zeus.
(c) His deceased wife.
(d) A being known as "the god."

4. What does Socrates have Euthyphro agree about, in regards to love?
(a) Love always depends on exactly three parties.
(b) Love, like the top of Mount Olympus, can never truly be known.
(c) Things that are loved, are loved because they are loved by someone.
(d) Love is the mutual lack of disrespect between two people.

5. While arguing about his way of life, how does Socrates position himself with respect to Athens?
(a) The needed villain of Athens.
(b) The artist of Athens.
(c) The savior of Athens.
(d) The plumber of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Socrates discuss to dismantle Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?

2. Socrates not only challenged Athenian morality but ... ?

3. According to Socrates, when pursuing the truth, a person should defer to what authority?

4. Which is NOT one of the insults lodged against Socrates by the citizens of Athens?

5. Who is Socrates' prosecutor in his trial?

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