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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What position does Strepsiades have in society?
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Elder.
(c) Playwright.
(d) Youth.
2. How does Pheidippides justify his violent action toward Strepsiades?
(a) He claims he did it only accidentally.
(b) Strepsiades mocked Pheidippides' mother, and Strepsiades deserved it.
(c) The wise should make the foolish suffer to improve them.
(d) He had no reason; he just did it for fun.
3. Where is Socrates kept prior to his sentence being carried out?
(a) Prison.
(b) He is under house arrest at his school.
(c) Crito's home.
(d) Plato's home.
4. Which of the following is true about Socrates' possible disobeying of a law, according to Socrates in Crito?
(a) It would only solidify the authority of Athens' lawmakers.
(b) He would honoring an implicit contract he has with the citizens of Athens.
(c) It would be for the good of Athens.
(d) He would be answering an evil with another evil.
5. What is the danger of disobeying an unjust law?
(a) Doing so undermines the authority that provides just laws.
(b) Your reputation may suffer unnecessarily.
(c) There is no danger in defying injustice.
(d) You are in danger of impiety.
6. In The Clouds, why does Socrates reject tradition?
(a) Because tradition has been full of injustice.
(b) Because Socrates doesn't know any better.
(c) Because it's the right thing to do.
(d) Because he believes he knows better.
7. Why does Strepsiades throw Pheidippides a party?
(a) Pheidippides successfully tricked Strepsiades' creditors.
(b) Strepsiades is celebrating Pheidippides' passage into manhood.
(c) Pheidippides has agreed to murder Socrates.
(d) Pheidippides is getting married.
8. What does Crito think about the justice or injustice of the trial? Why?
(a) The trial was unjust, because Socrates didn't do his proper duty to defend himself.
(b) The trial was just, because Socrates was truly guilty.
(c) The trial was just, because Socrates deserved his fate, given his lackluster defense.
(d) The trial was unjust, because Meletus the prosecutor tricked the jury.
9. Which is NOT one of the benefits of law, according to Socrates in Crito?
(a) Laws produce good citizens.
(b) They lead to people doing what is truly best.
(c) Laws bring about the flourishing of cities.
(d) Laws increase education in the citizenry.
10. Which is the third and final Socratic dialogue written by Plato?
(a) Euthyphro.
(b) The Clouds.
(c) Crito.
(d) Apology.
11. What violent action does Pheidippides visit upon Strepsiades?
(a) He beats him.
(b) He rapes him.
(c) He hangs him from a tree.
(d) He dunks his head in water to the point of drowning.
12. Which of the following is NOT one of the character traits of Socrates in The Clouds?
(a) Deceitful.
(b) Iconoclastic.
(c) Pious.
(d) Immoral.
13. How would Aristophanes characterize the religious belief of Socrates?
(a) Anarchist.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Polytheist.
(d) Deist.
14. Why does Socrates eventually refuse to help Strepsiades?
(a) Strepsiades is too stupid.
(b) Socrates turns Strepsiades over to the police.
(c) Socrates finds Strepsiades lacking in morals.
(d) Strepsiades does not have the money to pay him.
15. Pheidippides recites a text written by which man?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Plato.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Euripides.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Socrates illustrating with his choice to stay in Athens rather than flee?
2. How does Socrates end the Crito dialogue?
3. What does Socrates ask the jury to believe about the gods in Apology?
4. What is the name of Socrates' institute in The Clouds?
5. What would happen if Socrates fled to a city that was well-governed?
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