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

2. How does Socrates characterize the gods in Euthyphro?
(a) Murderous and treacherous.
(b) Courageous and aggressive.
(c) Petty and unfair.
(d) Objective and impartial.

3. What is Socrates' stance on political activity?
(a) He only participates in politics at the request of his friends.
(b) He refrains from any political activity.
(c) He heartily engages in politics.
(d) He believes a supreme dictator is what's needed in Greece.

4. Why does Socrates say that he is not impious?
(a) Meletus, in charging impiety, has contradicted himself.
(b) He regularly speaks with the voice in his head.
(c) He in fact believes in Zeus wholeheartedly.
(d) He believes there are cloud goddesses.

5. What does Socrates tell the jury after his sentence is decided?
(a) He will have his revenge, if not in this life, then the next.
(b) His students will visit more harm upon the city than he ever could.
(c) He thanked them for their service to the community.
(d) He is truly sorry for what he did.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Euthyphro is known as what kind of writing?

3. What is the name for Athens' hall of heroes?

4. What did the oracle at Delphi tell Socrates?

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

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