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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. Euthyphro covers which section of Socrates' legal ordeal?
(a) Execution.
(b) Arrest.
(c) Trial.
(d) Imprisonment.

2. How does Socrates display his piety?
(a) He worships the god that the oracle of Delphi worships.
(b) He reminds all his students to pray at the shrine of Hera.
(c) He attempts to read the stars, in order to become closer to the heavens.
(d) He makes regular sacrifices to Zeus.

3. What does Socrates claim about his relationship with his students?
(a) He has no students, and the trial is a complete farce.
(b) He makes them suffer only so he can teach them more.
(c) His students are all too stupid to do much damage.
(d) He has never claimed to teach, only to talk honestly.

4. What is Socrates' second defense against the charge that he is corrupting youth?
(a) Youth is made for corruption; only later in life does one find morality.
(b) If love is a crime, Socrates is guilty as charged.
(c) He had only talked with elderly people at his school.
(d) He wouldn't have corrupted youth knowingly, because he feared retaliation for his actions.

5. What city does Euthyphro take place in?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Attica.
(c) Rome.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion did Socrates stir in the jury by his suggestion of a punishment?

2. What is Euthyphro's second definition of piety?

3. How should one seeking meaning in life, according to Socrates?

4. What does Socrates tell the jury after his sentence is decided?

5. Which is the second of three Socratic dialogues written by Plato?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Socrates wish to be pitied? How does this relate to the fact that he did not bring his family to court with him?

2. What final definition of piety is arrived at by the end of Euthyphro?

3. What is the Euthyphro, in general terms?

4. Describe Socrates' account of his encounter with the oracle at Delphi and how it relates to his status as a wise man.

5. What does the "voice" in Socrates' head tell Socrates at the end of Euthyphro? How does Socrates respond?

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

7. What is the nature of Socrates' comparing himself to Achilles? What is Socrates illustrating with this comparison?

8. How does Euthyphro respond to Socrates' counter of his second definition of piety? What is the result of the conversation?

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

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

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