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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ultimate sentence is handed down by the jury?
(a) Death by hanging.
(b) Life imprisonment.
(c) A fine.
(d) Death by poison.

2. How does Socrates try to prove that the Athenian definition of corruption is defective?
(a) By calling forth a large number of his students to testify.
(b) By asking the prosecution to produce concrete evidence of the alleged corruption.
(c) By arguing that laws are meant to be broken.
(d) By showing that he pursues a good life in a proper way.

3. According to Socrates, why would political life be dangerous for him?
(a) He would become too absorbed by the affection and attention.
(b) Those who fight for justice are killed.
(c) He would try to help everyone, and despair when he could not.
(d) He is too tempted by power.

4. According to Socrates, the philosopher who tells the truth ... ?
(a) Will be loved.
(b) Does not exist.
(c) Will be hated.
(d) Will be feared.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What verdict does the jury deliver in Socrates' trial?

2. Why does Strepsiades throw Pheidippides a party?

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

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

5. What explains Socrates' stance on political activity?

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