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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?
(a) Piety is what is dear to the gods.
(b) Piety is following the arbitrary will of the universe.
(c) Piety is behaving according to a strict set of morals.
(d) Piety is a faith to end all faiths.

2. What is the "good life" as defined by Athens law, according to Plato's Apology?
(a) Constant accumulation of knowledge.
(b) Obeying rules created by gods.
(c) Eating, drinking, and being merry.
(d) Actively seeking meaning in one's life.

3. What nationality was Socrates?
(a) Roman.
(b) Persian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Italian.

4. At the end of Euthyphro, what does Socrates' "god" tell him?
(a) He will die at dawn the next day.
(b) He should not have treated Euthyphro so harshly.
(c) He is the wisest of men in another part of his life.
(d) Athens will be destroyed in a great flood some day.

5. According to Euthyphro, what might Socrates say about his own level of knowledge?
(a) Socrates feels he knows nothing.
(b) Socrates feels he has a great memory.
(c) Socrates feels he is a storehouse of knowledge.
(d) Socrates feels wisdom is completely unimportant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god does Euthyphro admire above all others?

2. What city does Euthyphro take place in?

3. Why does Socrates object to the notion that piety is a system of exchange between gods and men?

4. How does society react to a philosopher who tells the truth, according to Socrates?

5. Euthyphro's definition of piety depends upon what body of stories?

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