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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 does an "implicit contract agreement" require, according to Socrates in Crito?
(a) Being just.
(b) Upholding one's reputation.
(c) Obeying the law.
(d) Being pious.

2. What does Euthyphro believe about local teachings about Zeus?
(a) He rejects them completely.
(b) He believes in them wholeheartedly.
(c) He is actively hostile to the followers of Zeus, heckling him whenever he can.
(d) He accepts them, but only in order to spare the city conflict.

3. Euthyphro covers which section of Socrates' legal ordeal?
(a) Trial.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Execution.
(d) Arrest.

4. Why does the Athenian community treat Euthyphro with contempt and derision?
(a) He is claiming an olive tree orchard that is not his.
(b) He is putting his own father on trial.
(c) He frequently dresses up as a woman.
(d) He stole chickens from his own brother.

5. The Euthyphro is a dialogue between which men?
(a) Aristophanes and Cato.
(b) Plato and Socrates.
(c) Socrates and Euthyphro.
(d) Zeus and Hades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic does Socrates discuss to dismantle Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?

2. Why special connection do Socrates and Euthyphro share?

3. How many speeches did Socrates give in his defense during his trial in Athens?

4. Why does Socrates believe he may lose his trial from the very start?

5. What do experts have to do with laws?

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