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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Socrates end the Crito dialogue?
(a) Resigned to prison.
(b) Plotting with Crito to break out of prison.
(c) Saying goodbye to several of his prized students.
(d) Confined to his school, awaiting his sentence.

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

3. What is Socrates illustrating with his choice to stay in Athens rather than flee?
(a) His loyalty to his friends.
(b) His eagerness to experience death.
(c) His innate cowardice.
(d) His acceptance of the duty to obey the law.

4. How can Crito's emotional state during Socrates' trial be characterized?
(a) Furious.
(b) Happy.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Proud.

5. What is Socrates' general attitude toward the citizens of Athens?
(a) Challenging.
(b) Murderous.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the consequences of breaking a law according to Socrates?

2. How does Socrates characterize the gods in Euthyphro?

3. What text does Pheidippides recite at the party Strepsiades throws for him?

4. What is the origin of the title The Clouds?

5. What relationship is Strepsiades to Pheidippides?

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