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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sentence does Meletus suggest for Socrates?
(a) Death.
(b) An imprisonment of one year.
(c) A fine.
(d) An imprisonment of ten years.

3. What does Socrates tell the jury after his sentence is decided?
(a) He thanked them for their service to the community.
(b) He is truly sorry for what he did.
(c) His students will visit more harm upon the city than he ever could.
(d) He will have his revenge, if not in this life, then the next.

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

5. What does Socrates tell his friends and supporters after his sentence is decided?
(a) He berates them for their lack of support.
(b) He asks them to never look upon him again.
(c) He makes them promise to build a bigger school after his death.
(d) He asks them to visit him and talk with him.

6. Why did Socrates decide to worship the god that the oracle of Delphi channeled?
(a) Socrates chose a god to worship randomly, because they don't exist, so it doesn't matter.
(b) The oracle had a correct pronouncement concerning wisdom.
(c) The oracle complimented his looks.
(d) Socrates did it out of spite, because the oracle did not want Socrates to worship his god.

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

8. What does Socrates claim about his relationship with his students?
(a) He has no students, and the trial is a complete farce.
(b) He has never claimed to teach, only to talk honestly.
(c) He makes them suffer only so he can teach them more.
(d) His students are all too stupid to do much damage.

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

10. According to Euthyphro, when the Athenian people are pious, what happens?
(a) The gods shun them.
(b) They feel better and work harder, with or without the gods.
(c) Neighboring Sparta suffers illness and death.
(d) The gods reward them.

11. Why didn't Socrates bring his family to court?
(a) He thought the jury would hate him for the gesture.
(b) He did not want to pay for the extra lodging costs.
(c) He did not want to look at his children and cry.
(d) He did not want to garner pity.

12. What is the basic impression of Socrates' overall defense strategy?
(a) It was weak and full of holes.
(b) It was strong, but just not enough.
(c) It was meaningless because Meletus rigged the trial.
(d) It displayed Socrates' full wit and brilliance.

13. How does Socrates characterize the normal Athenian's pursuit of the good life?
(a) Manly self-assertion.
(b) Apolitical charity.
(c) A fight for justice.
(d) The search for beauty.

14. Why does Socrates object to the notion that piety is a system of exchange between gods and men?
(a) There is no delivery system in place for the exchange.
(b) Men can never offer the one thing the gods truly crave: mortality.
(c) Gods could not possibly need anything from humans.
(d) The "currency" between gods and men does not translate well.

15. Which is the first of three Socratic dialogues written by Plato?
(a) Crito.
(b) The Clouds.
(c) Euthyphro.
(d) Apology.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Socrates display his piety?

2. Why is Socrates put on trial?

3. What did the oracle at Delphi tell Socrates?

4. What is the subject of Plato's Apology?

5. What is Euthyphro's father accused of?

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