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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Aristophanes is known for using what kind of rhetoric?
(a) Black humor.
(b) Sentimentality.
(c) Satire.
(d) Parody.
2. Aristophanes is from which city?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Rome.
(c) Attica.
(d) Athens.
3. In The Clouds, why does Socrates reject tradition?
(a) Because it's the right thing to do.
(b) Because Socrates doesn't know any better.
(c) Because he believes he knows better.
(d) Because tradition has been full of injustice.
4. When is an expert undermined?
(a) When knowledge wins out over power.
(b) When laws are followed.
(c) When a law is broken.
(d) When the gods are angered.
5. Socrates and Crito agree that the individual should follow what?
(a) Their in-the-moment emotions.
(b) The truth.
(c) The law.
(d) Popular opinion.
6. How does Socrates end the Crito dialogue?
(a) Resigned to prison.
(b) Saying goodbye to several of his prized students.
(c) Plotting with Crito to break out of prison.
(d) Confined to his school, awaiting his sentence.
7. What is Socrates' stance with respect to his sentence?
(a) He will not resist his sentence.
(b) He will ask his friends to appeal to the court for mercy.
(c) He will find a way to avoid his sentence.
(d) He will fight his sentence aggressively.
8. What is the correct chronology of Socratic dialogues?
(a) Apology, Euthyphro, Crito.
(b) Euthyphro, Apology, Crito.
(c) Apology, Crito, Euthyphro.
(d) Euthyphro, Crito, Apology.
9. Which of the following terms best describes Pheidippides?
(a) Self-indulgent.
(b) Generous.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Pious.
10. Where is Socrates kept prior to his sentence being carried out?
(a) Prison.
(b) Crito's home.
(c) Plato's home.
(d) He is under house arrest at his school.
11. According to The Clouds, what force holds communities and families together?
(a) The oracle at Delphi.
(b) Intellectual rigor.
(c) A faith in Zeus.
(d) Charity.
12. What relationship is Strepsiades to Pheidippides?
(a) Son to father.
(b) Friend to friend.
(c) Father to son.
(d) Uncle to nephew.
13. What would happen if Socrates fled to a city that was well-governed?
(a) He would finally get justice.
(b) He would be a law-breaker, and suffer from the same bad reputation.
(c) He could plot his revenge.
(d) He could live a life free from political ambition.
14. What is Pheidippides' opinion about the old city songs?
(a) He has a particular affection for them.
(b) He despises them.
(c) He likes them just to endear himself to Socrates.
(d) He is indifferent.
15. Pheidippides recites a text written by which man?
(a) Plato.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Euripides.
Short Answer Questions
1. On which point in Crito does Socrates differ markedly from his position in Apology?
2. At the end of Clouds, what does Strepsiades believe about Zeus?
3. Strepsiades' ultimate fear about Pheidippides revolves around which taboo?
4. What plan does Crito have for Socrates?
5. Why does law have authority?
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