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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. Which god advises Strepsiades with respect to his faith?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Hephaestus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.
2. What relationship is Strepsiades to Pheidippides?
(a) Father to son.
(b) Uncle to nephew.
(c) Son to father.
(d) Friend to friend.
3. Where is Socrates kept prior to his sentence being carried out?
(a) Prison.
(b) Plato's home.
(c) He is under house arrest at his school.
(d) Crito's home.
4. What is Socrates' stance with respect to his sentence?
(a) He will find a way to avoid his sentence.
(b) He will fight his sentence aggressively.
(c) He will ask his friends to appeal to the court for mercy.
(d) He will not resist his sentence.
5. How many years after The Clouds did the trial of Socrates happen?
(a) Five.
(b) One-hundred and eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Twenty-four.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the god which the majority of Athenians pray to as their primary god?
2. What would happen if Socrates fled to a city that was poorly-governed?
3. How would Aristophanes characterize the religious belief of Socrates?
4. How does Socrates' respond to Crito's worry over Socrates' reputation?
5. Aristophanes is known for using what kind of rhetoric?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Apology, what is Socrates' message in a final speech, both to his jurors and to those who defended him?
2. What is the nature of the fight Strepsiades and Pheidippides have when Strepsiades throws a party for his son?
3. What is the nature of Strepsiades' most pressing problem? What does he hope to learn from Socrates? What does Socrates in turn teach him?
4. What represents the "last straw" in Strepsiades' relationship with his son? Why does he refuse to speak to him in the end?
5. Socrates claims that laws result in what benefits to society?
6. What is Crito's opinion of Socrates, following his trial?
7. What is Socrates' attitude toward his impending death at the end of Crito?
8. How does Strepsiades react to Socrates' course of study in the Thinkery? How does Socrates in turn respond to Strepsiades?
9. How does Socrates' conception of the law and justice in Crito compare to his conception of law and justice in Apology?
10. What is Crito in relationship to Apology? What is the setting and premise of Crito?
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