Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds Test | Final Test - Easy

Thomas G. West
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Four Texts on Socrates: Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito and Aristophanes' Clouds Test | Final Test - Easy

Thomas G. West
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Clouds?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

2. What does Crito think about the justice or injustice of the trial? Why?
(a) The trial was just, because Socrates deserved his fate, given his lackluster defense.
(b) The trial was unjust, because Socrates didn't do his proper duty to defend himself.
(c) The trial was just, because Socrates was truly guilty.
(d) The trial was unjust, because Meletus the prosecutor tricked the jury.

3. Who is the first person to accuse Socrates of corrupting the youth?
(a) Euthyphro.
(b) Plato.
(c) Meletus.
(d) Aristophanes.

4. Pheidippides recites a text written by which man?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Euripides.

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

6. Aristophanes is known for using what kind of rhetoric?
(a) Parody.
(b) Black humor.
(c) Sentimentality.
(d) Satire.

7. Where is Socrates kept prior to his sentence being carried out?
(a) He is under house arrest at his school.
(b) Plato's home.
(c) Crito's home.
(d) Prison.

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

9. What stance does Strepsiades ultimately take in regards to Socrates' teachings?
(a) He puts them to good use and becomes a lawyer.
(b) He rejects them, but is always bothered by what might have been.
(c) He embraces them and starts his own school.
(d) He rejects the teachings completely.

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

11. What does Socrates ask the jury to believe about the gods in Apology?
(a) The gods will care for those who are good.
(b) The gods love scientists.
(c) The gods appreciate regular sacrifice.
(d) The gods are not divine, but human.

12. What is the danger of disobeying an unjust law?
(a) Doing so undermines the authority that provides just laws.
(b) There is no danger in defying injustice.
(c) You are in danger of impiety.
(d) Your reputation may suffer unnecessarily.

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 violent action does Pheidippides visit upon Strepsiades?
(a) He dunks his head in water to the point of drowning.
(b) He rapes him.
(c) He hangs him from a tree.
(d) He beats him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would happen if Socrates fled to a city that was poorly-governed?

2. Socrates and Crito agree that the individual should follow what?

3. How does Socrates' respond to Crito's worry over Socrates' reputation?

4. What is Aristophanes' general attitude toward Socrates?

5. How many years after The Clouds did the trial of Socrates happen?

(see the answer keys)

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