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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 name of Zeus' father?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Hades.
(c) Titan.
(d) Kronos.

2. Euthyphro covers which section of Socrates' legal ordeal?
(a) Arrest.
(b) Execution.
(c) Trial.
(d) Imprisonment.

3. What attitude has Meletus adopted about the trial of Socrates?
(a) He bears no opinion and avoids the issue.
(b) He is stridently pro-Socrates.
(c) He thinks the whole thing is a sham.
(d) He is taking it quite seriously.

4. What does Socrates believe about the concept of objective truth?
(a) Every man has it in him to know objective truth absolutely.
(b) There is no such thing as objective truth.
(c) Men should strive for it, even if in the end they do not attain it.
(d) Any man who seeks objective truth is a great fool.

5. What is Euthyphro's second definition of piety?
(a) Piety is engaging in skillful service on behalf of the gods.
(b) Piety is fearing own's own mortality.
(c) Piety is preparing oneself for great rewards.
(d) Piety is behaving honorably despite ill fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the dialogue in Euthyphro end?

2. The Euthyphro is a dialogue between which men?

3. What is prophecy?

4. Who does Euthyphro compare to himself and his father?

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

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