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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Pheidippides' time with Socrates?
(a) Socrates teaches him to be a master of astronomy.
(b) Pheidippides learns great rhetorical skills.
(c) Pheidippides becomes religiously zealous about Zeus.
(d) Pheidippides is dismissed for being stupid.

2. What does an "implicit contract agreement" require, according to Socrates in Crito?
(a) Upholding one's reputation.
(b) Obeying the law.
(c) Being pious.
(d) Being just.

3. What is Aristophanes' general attitude toward Socrates?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Mocking.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Admiring.

4. Why does law have authority?
(a) Citizens have an interdependence on laws, and so give them authority.
(b) Laws have authority because of the threat of violent punishment.
(c) Laws are inherently just.
(d) Laws are inherently good.

5. Which is the third and final Socratic dialogue written by Plato?
(a) The Clouds.
(b) Apology.
(c) Euthyphro.
(d) Crito.

6. What is Socrates' stance with respect to his sentence?
(a) He will ask his friends to appeal to the court for mercy.
(b) He will not resist his sentence.
(c) He will fight his sentence aggressively.
(d) He will find a way to avoid his sentence.

7. Who is the god which the majority of Athenians pray to as their primary god?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Hermes.

8. How does Pheidippides justify his violent action toward Strepsiades?
(a) The wise should make the foolish suffer to improve them.
(b) Strepsiades mocked Pheidippides' mother, and Strepsiades deserved it.
(c) He claims he did it only accidentally.
(d) He had no reason; he just did it for fun.

9. What problem is Strepsiades dealing with at the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) He has a great crisis of faith.
(b) He is overwhelmed with debt.
(c) His mother has been murdered.
(d) He is fleeing from the law.

10. On which point in Crito does Socrates differ markedly from his position in Apology?
(a) On what it is to be a just law.
(b) On the importance of reputation.
(c) On the certainty of his wisdom.
(d) On the strength of his piety.

11. Which is NOT one of the consequences of breaking a law according to Socrates?
(a) Finality, and the reduction of the threat of retaliation.
(b) The lessened ability for laws to serve their purpose.
(c) Corruption of the soul.
(d) Undermining of general authority.

12. Which is NOT one of the benefits of law, according to Socrates in Crito?
(a) Laws increase education in the citizenry.
(b) Laws produce good citizens.
(c) They lead to people doing what is truly best.
(d) Laws bring about the flourishing of cities.

13. How would Aristophanes characterize the religious belief of Socrates?
(a) Polytheist.
(b) Anarchist.
(c) Deist.
(d) Atheist.

14. What format is The Clouds written in?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Monologue.
(c) Novel.
(d) Play.

15. In The Clouds, what does Socrates feel about Zeus?
(a) Socrates prays to Zeus on a daily basis.
(b) Zeus does not exist.
(c) Zeus exists, but does not meddle in the affairs of man.
(d) Zeus exists to destroy and ruin human lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Socrates' institute in The Clouds?

2. What stance does Strepsiades ultimately take in regards to Socrates' teachings?

3. What is the danger of disobeying an unjust law?

4. What decision is Socrates faced with at the beginning of Crito?

5. Why does Socrates believe obedience to the law could not represent disrespectful behavior?

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