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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Euthyphro's second definition of piety?
(a) Piety is engaging in skillful service on behalf of the gods.
(b) Piety is fearing own's own mortality.
(c) Piety is preparing oneself for great rewards.
(d) Piety is behaving honorably despite ill fortune.

2. Why does Socrates say that he is not impious?
(a) He believes there are cloud goddesses.
(b) He regularly speaks with the voice in his head.
(c) He in fact believes in Zeus wholeheartedly.
(d) Meletus, in charging impiety, has contradicted himself.

3. The Euthyphro is a dialogue between which men?
(a) Plato and Socrates.
(b) Zeus and Hades.
(c) Socrates and Euthyphro.
(d) Aristophanes and Cato.

4. According to Socrates, what gives him the right to challenge society, in Apology?
(a) The power of his intellect.
(b) The power of his friendships.
(c) The politicians.
(d) Devotion to his god.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous text succeeded in tarnishing Socrates' reputation, dealing him a blow in his trial?

2. How does Socrates compare death to sleep?

3. What did the oracle at Delphi tell Socrates?

4. What does Socrates discover when he speaks with and interviews "wise men"?

5. What explains Socrates' stance on political activity?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Socrates' response to the charge that he is impious and/or an atheist?

2. When he is found guilty, what sentence does Socrates suggest as punishment?

3. What flaw does Socrates then find in the reasoning he laid out in previous Question #9?

4. What does Socrates believe is the standard of good living to most Athenians? What is his response to this standard?

5. According to Socrates, why didn't he ever pursue politics?

6. What distinction does Socrates make between his own speaking style, and that of his accusers?

7. How does Socrates relate human goodness to the first definition of piety provided in Euthyphro?

8. According to Socrates, can wise men access objective truth? If so, how should they go about this?

9. What is Socrates' second response to the charge that he has corrupted Athens' youth?

10. How does Socrates use the concept of love to refute the initial definition of piety provided in Euthyphro?

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