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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. How can Crito's emotional state during Socrates' trial be characterized?
(a) Happy.
(b) Proud.
(c) Furious.
(d) Embarrassed.

2. Citizens could not be good individuals without what?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) Laws.

3. How many years after The Clouds did the trial of Socrates happen?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) One-hundred and eight.
(d) Two.

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

5. Why does Socrates eventually refuse to help Strepsiades?
(a) Strepsiades does not have the money to pay him.
(b) Socrates turns Strepsiades over to the police.
(c) Socrates finds Strepsiades lacking in morals.
(d) Strepsiades is too stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god advises Strepsiades with respect to his faith?

2. What relationship is Strepsiades to Pheidippides?

3. In The Clouds, what does Socrates feel about Zeus?

4. According to The Clouds, what force holds communities and families together?

5. Who is the god which the majority of Athenians pray to as their primary god?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aristophanes accuse Socrates of in The Clouds?

2. What are the consequences of breaking the law?

3. To what degree did The Clouds shape public perception of Socrates?

4. Why did Socrates offer such a meek defense and go to prison and his death so willingly?

5. In Apology, what is Socrates' message in a final speech, both to his jurors and to those who defended him?

6. How does Socrates, in Crito, state his case for why he will remain in jail and face his death sentence? What forms are in use?

7. What is the nature of the fight Strepsiades and Pheidippides have when Strepsiades throws a party for his son?

8. What is Crito in relationship to Apology? What is the setting and premise of Crito?

9. How does Pheidippides enter the Thinkery? What does he learn there?

10. How can Aristophanes' characterization of Socrates be summed up?

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