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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Euthyphro's profession?
(a) Prosecutor.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Soldier.

2. What does Socrates say about death and the divine voice in his head?
(a) His divine voice has assured him he will be with Zeus in heaven.
(b) His divine voice will die with him, and that is truly a tragedy.
(c) His divine voice has told him terrible things about the afterlife.
(d) If death was a bad thing, his divine voice would have objected to his trial.

3. Why is Socrates put on trial?
(a) For embezzlement.
(b) For murder.
(c) For corrupting the youth.
(d) For indecent exposure.

4. What does Socrates believe about the concept of objective truth?
(a) Any man who seeks objective truth is a great fool.
(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) Every man has it in him to know objective truth absolutely.

5. What famous text succeeded in tarnishing Socrates' reputation, dealing him a blow in his trial?
(a) Apology.
(b) Medea.
(c) The Clouds.
(d) Crito.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates characterize the gods in Euthyphro?

2. Socrates and Crito agree that the individual should follow what?

3. How does the jury get to decide the sentence for Socrates?

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

5. What does Crito think Socrates displayed during his trial?

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