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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Socrates, what gives him the right to challenge society, in Apology?
(a) Devotion to his god.
(b) The power of his friendships.
(c) The politicians.
(d) The power of his intellect.

2. What is Socrates' first defense against the charge that he is corrupting youth?
(a) Youth is made for corruption; only later in life does one find morality.
(b) He had only talked with elderly people at his school.
(c) He has no hand in making laws, which is what truly corrupts youth.
(d) If love is a crime, Socrates is guilty as charged.

3. Why does Socrates compare himself to Achilles?
(a) He is destined to die.
(b) He fights for the just and the true.
(c) He has a tiny but fatal flaw: his kindness.
(d) He is excellent at the javelin throw.

4. Who does Socrates believe speaks to him, as expressed in Euthyphro?
(a) Zeus.
(b) His deceased wife.
(c) A being known as "the god."
(d) Plato.

5. What does Socrates believe is the central question of life?
(a) What is the meaning of piety?
(b) How should one live one's life?
(c) What is it all for?
(d) How does one acquire knowledge?

6. What is Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?
(a) Piety is what is dear to the gods.
(b) Piety is a faith to end all faiths.
(c) Piety is behaving according to a strict set of morals.
(d) Piety is following the arbitrary will of the universe.

7. What does Socrates believe about the concept of objective truth?
(a) Any man who seeks objective truth is a great fool.
(b) Men should strive for it, even if in the end they do not attain it.
(c) There is no such thing as objective truth.
(d) Every man has it in him to know objective truth absolutely.

8. Who does Euthyphro compare to himself and his father?
(a) Plato and Socrates.
(b) Zeus and Hera.
(c) Zeus and Hercules.
(d) Zeus and Kronos.

9. 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.

10. At the end of Euthyphro, what does Socrates' "god" tell him?
(a) He will die at dawn the next day.
(b) He should not have treated Euthyphro so harshly.
(c) He is the wisest of men in another part of his life.
(d) Athens will be destroyed in a great flood some day.

11. What nationality was Socrates?
(a) Italian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Greek.
(d) Persian.

12. What topic does Socrates discuss to dismantle Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?
(a) Food-making.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

13. According to Socrates, what is dangerous about the conclusion that human good is related to what is dear to the gods?
(a) Human good is only separated from human evil by a hair.
(b) Any conclusion about human good should include societal values.
(c) The gods are unknowable, making this conclusion merely speculative.
(d) The gods may hate humans, making this conclusion suspect.

14. What is the profession of Socrates?
(a) Tanner.
(b) Moneylender.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Mason.

15. Why is Socrates put on trial?
(a) For corrupting the youth.
(b) For indecent exposure.
(c) For embezzlement.
(d) For murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates, the philosopher who tells the truth ... ?

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

3. While arguing about his way of life, how does Socrates position himself with respect to Athens?

4. At the end of Apology, what is Socrates' opinion on death?

5. Why does Socrates say that he is not impious?

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