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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 the subject of Plato's Apology?
(a) Socrates' execution.
(b) Socrates' definition of piety.
(c) Socrates' trial.
(d) A day of Socrates teaching at his school.

2. Who is Socrates' prosecutor in his trial?
(a) Crito.
(b) Meletus.
(c) Euthyphro.
(d) Kronos.

3. Which is the first of three Socratic dialogues written by Plato?
(a) Euthyphro.
(b) Crito.
(c) Apology.
(d) The Clouds.

4. Why is Socrates put on trial?
(a) For indecent exposure.
(b) For murder.
(c) For corrupting the youth.
(d) For embezzlement.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Socrates believe about the concept of objective truth?

4. Who does Socrates believe speaks to him, as expressed in Euthyphro?

5. What city does Euthyphro take place in?

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