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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Clouds, why does Socrates reject tradition?
(a) Because it's the right thing to do.
(b) Because he believes he knows better.
(c) Because Socrates doesn't know any better.
(d) Because tradition has been full of injustice.

2. What verdict does the jury deliver in Socrates' trial?
(a) Guilty by reason of mental disease.
(b) It was the equivalent of a hung jury.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Guilty.

3. How does Socrates display his piety?
(a) He worships the god that the oracle of Delphi worships.
(b) He reminds all his students to pray at the shrine of Hera.
(c) He makes regular sacrifices to Zeus.
(d) He attempts to read the stars, in order to become closer to the heavens.

4. What does Strepsiades think about the education Socrates offers him?
(a) Socrates' knowledge is rudimentary and beneath him.
(b) Strepsiades finds it fascinating and invaluable.
(c) Strepsiades is too intellectually weak to make use of it.
(d) Strepsiades is made immoral by Socrates' teachings.

5. What ultimate sentence is handed down by the jury?
(a) Death by poison.
(b) Life imprisonment.
(c) Death by hanging.
(d) A fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the dialogue in Euthyphro end?

2. What attitude has Meletus adopted about the trial of Socrates?

3. According to Euthyphro, when the Athenian people are pious, what happens?

4. Which is one of the popular theories for why Socrates advanced a lackluster defense at his trial?

5. Pheidippides recites a text written by which man?

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