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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do citizens depend upon for their ability to achieve excellence?
(a) Laws.
(b) Political power.
(c) Reputation.
(d) Wisdom.

2. What is Socrates' second defense against the charge that he is corrupting youth?
(a) If love is a crime, Socrates is guilty as charged.
(b) He had only talked with elderly people at his school.
(c) Youth is made for corruption; only later in life does one find morality.
(d) He wouldn't have corrupted youth knowingly, because he feared retaliation for his actions.

3. What is the name of Socrates' institute in The Clouds?
(a) Achilles' Homeland.
(b) The Thinkery.
(c) The Sentinel.
(d) The Athenian Institute of Higher Learning.

4. What is Strepsiades' ultimate goal when coming to Socrates?
(a) He wants to replace Socrates.
(b) He wants to escape to Italy.
(c) He wants to summon the courage to marry his sweetheart.
(d) He wants to trick his money lenders.

5. How does Socrates' respond to Crito's worry over Socrates' reputation?
(a) Socrates shares Crito's concern.
(b) Socrates actually wants his reputation to be as bad as possible.
(c) Socrates pleads with Crito to restore his legacy.
(d) Regardless of reputation, he must obey the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates have Euthyphro agree about, in regards to love?

2. What is Socrates' general attitude toward the citizens of Athens?

3. How convinced was Crito by the defense Socrates provided during his trial?

4. What sentence does Socrates' friends beg for him to choose?

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

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