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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Socrates claim about his relationship with his students?
(a) He makes them suffer only so he can teach them more.
(b) He has no students, and the trial is a complete farce.
(c) He has never claimed to teach, only to talk honestly.
(d) His students are all too stupid to do much damage.

2. Where does Euthyphro take place?
(a) In Socrates' Thinkery.
(b) In a government office.
(c) In prison.
(d) By a river.

3. Euthyphro's definition of piety depends upon what body of stories?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) Scandinavian mythology.
(c) Greek mythology.
(d) The Epic of Gilgamesh.

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

5. According to Socrates, the philosopher who tells the truth ... ?
(a) Will be loved.
(b) Will be feared.
(c) Does not exist.
(d) Will be hated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence does Meletus suggest for Socrates?

2. According to Euthyphro, what might Socrates say about his own level of knowledge?

3. What is Socrates' second defense against the charge that he is corrupting youth?

4. According to Socrates, what gives him the right to challenge society, in Apology?

5. What ultimate sentence is handed down by the jury?

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