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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 is Socrates' second defense against the charge that he is corrupting youth?
(a) He had only talked with elderly people at his school.
(b) If love is a crime, Socrates is guilty as charged.
(c) He wouldn't have corrupted youth knowingly, because he feared retaliation for his actions.
(d) Youth is made for corruption; only later in life does one find morality.

2. What sentence does Meletus suggest for Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) An imprisonment of ten years.
(c) A fine.
(d) An imprisonment of one year.

3. What emotion did Socrates stir in the jury by his suggestion of a punishment?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Anger.
(d) Thoughtfulness.

4. What does Socrates have Euthyphro agree about, in regards to love?
(a) Love always depends on exactly three parties.
(b) Things that are loved, are loved because they are loved by someone.
(c) Love is the mutual lack of disrespect between two people.
(d) Love, like the top of Mount Olympus, can never truly be known.

5. How does Socrates display his piety?
(a) He attempts to read the stars, in order to become closer to the heavens.
(b) He worships the god that the oracle of Delphi worships.
(c) He reminds all his students to pray at the shrine of Hera.
(d) He makes regular sacrifices to Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates compare death to sleep?

2. According to Socrates, what is dangerous about the conclusion that human good is related to what is dear to the gods?

3. In Euthyphro, what problem does Socrates have with the suggestion that it is good to be dear to the gods?

4. Which god does Euthyphro admire above all others?

5. What verdict does the jury deliver in Socrates' trial?

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