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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 stole chickens from his own brother.
(d) He frequently dresses up as a woman.

2. Pheidippides recites a text written by which man?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aristophanes.

3. What is Euthyphro's father accused of?
(a) Begging.
(b) Assault.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Impiety.

4. Who is Socrates' prosecutor in his trial?
(a) Kronos.
(b) Euthyphro.
(c) Crito.
(d) Meletus.

5. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?
(a) Just astronomy.
(b) Just argumentation.
(c) Just theology.
(d) Most everything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the first of three Socratic dialogues written by Plato?

3. Why is "true speech" often not persuasive?

4. What problem is Strepsiades dealing with at the beginning of The Clouds?

5. Which is NOT one of the insults lodged against Socrates by the citizens of Athens?

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