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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Socrates believe his oratorical skill is superior to his opponents in his trial?
(a) He is much more knowledgeable about rhetorical strategies and logic.
(b) He speaks the truth, and they do not.
(c) He has practiced his entire life to defend what he stands for, and so is better prepared.
(d) His speech bears impressive flourishes.

2. What is the overarching subject of Euthyphro?
(a) Love.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Piety.
(d) Pleasure.

3. What is Socrates' definition of piety?
(a) Obeying due to fear of punishment.
(b) Rigorous, logical pursuit of the truth.
(c) Emulating the gods.
(d) Skillful service on behalf of the gods.

4. What does Socrates tell his friends and supporters after his sentence is decided?
(a) He berates them for their lack of support.
(b) He makes them promise to build a bigger school after his death.
(c) He asks them to visit him and talk with him.
(d) He asks them to never look upon him again.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Socrates tell the jury after his sentence is decided?

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

3. What is Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?

4. How does Socrates characterize the gods in Euthyphro?

5. What does Socrates believe is the central question of life?

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