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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Strepsiades' ultimate fear about Pheidippides revolves around which taboo?
(a) Murder.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Cult religions.
(d) Incest.

2. Why does law have authority?
(a) Laws have authority because of the threat of violent punishment.
(b) Citizens have an interdependence on laws, and so give them authority.
(c) Laws are inherently good.
(d) Laws are inherently just.

3. Which god advises Strepsiades with respect to his faith?
(a) Hephaestus.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

4. Why special connection do Socrates and Euthyphro share?
(a) They are both philosophers.
(b) They both claim a special connection with divinity.
(c) They are both wonderful artists.
(d) They share the same father.

5. What is Socrates' stance with respect to his sentence?
(a) He will not resist his sentence.
(b) He will fight his sentence aggressively.
(c) He will find a way to avoid his sentence.
(d) He will ask his friends to appeal to the court for mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Clouds?

2. Who are the characters in Crito?

3. What makes a law just, according to Socrates?

4. Aristophanes is known for using what kind of rhetoric?

5. What happens when youthful Athenians follow Socrates' philosophical teachings?

(see the answer key)

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