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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aristophanes' Clouds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explains Socrates' stance on political activity?
(a) He listens to his students.
(b) A divine voice in his head told him how to behave.
(c) He listens to his friends.
(d) His father, a politician, was killed because of his position.

2. According to The Clouds, what force holds communities and families together?
(a) Charity.
(b) Intellectual rigor.
(c) The oracle at Delphi.
(d) A faith in Zeus.

3. Who wrote The Clouds?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristophanes.

4. What is Pheidippides' opinion about the old city songs?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He has a particular affection for them.
(c) He despises them.
(d) He likes them just to endear himself to Socrates.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the characters in Crito?

3. How does Socrates compare death to sleep?

4. What does Socrates say about death and the divine voice in his head?

5. Why does Socrates believe his oratorical skill is superior to his opponents in his trial?

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