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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Socrates kept prior to his sentence being carried out?
(a) Prison.
(b) Plato's home.
(c) Crito's home.
(d) He is under house arrest at his school.

3. Which segment of society is Socrates charged with having a bad influence on?
(a) The youth.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Oracles.
(d) Fellow philosophers.

4. According to Socrates, when pursuing the truth, a person should defer to what authority?
(a) A political leader.
(b) A religious leader.
(c) A person should not defer to any authority.
(d) A social reformer.

5. On which point in Crito does Socrates differ markedly from his position in Apology?
(a) On the certainty of his wisdom.
(b) On the strength of his piety.
(c) On the importance of reputation.
(d) On what it is to be a just law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Socrates try to argue about the principles of his philosophy with Crito?

2. What action does Strepsiades take with regards to Socrates at the end of Clouds?

3. At what point does Strepsiades stop speaking to Pheidippides?

4. What relationship is Strepsiades to Pheidippides?

5. What ultimate sentence is handed down by the jury?

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