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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aristophanes' Clouds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aristophanes' general attitude toward Socrates?
(a) Admiring.
(b) Mocking.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Friendly.

2. Where does Crito take place?
(a) In Crito's study.
(b) At Plato's home.
(c) In prison.
(d) In Socrates' school.

3. The Euthyphro is a dialogue between which men?
(a) Aristophanes and Cato.
(b) Socrates and Euthyphro.
(c) Plato and Socrates.
(d) Zeus and Hades.

4. How does Socrates try to prove that the Athenian definition of corruption is defective?
(a) By calling forth a large number of his students to testify.
(b) By arguing that laws are meant to be broken.
(c) By showing that he pursues a good life in a proper way.
(d) By asking the prosecution to produce concrete evidence of the alleged corruption.

5. According to Euthyphro, when the Athenian people are pious, what happens?
(a) Neighboring Sparta suffers illness and death.
(b) The gods shun them.
(c) The gods reward them.
(d) They feel better and work harder, with or without the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Socrates' institute in The Clouds?

2. According to Euthyphro, what might Socrates say about his own level of knowledge?

3. What is Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?

4. How does the jury get to decide the sentence for Socrates?

5. According to Socrates, what is dangerous about the conclusion that human good is related to what is dear to the gods?

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