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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In regards to corrupting youth, what solution does Socrates see for correcting his tendencies?

3. Why does Socrates believe he may lose his trial from the very start?

4. What did the oracle at Delphi tell Socrates?

5. Where does Apology take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What five parts can the Apology be said to be divided into?

2. 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?

3. What is Socrates' counter to the second definition of piety offered in Euthyphro?

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 is Socrates' first response to the charge that he has corrupted Athens' youth?

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

7. According to Socrates, what reputation does he suffer from in Athens? How is this reputation related to Aristophanes' Clouds?

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

9. Why is Socrates charged with corrupting the youth? Why do the youth follow his philosophy and ideas?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Provide a context for Plato's Euthyphro, Crito, and Apology. What events do these texts cover? What form are they written in, and what is the structure of this form? What characterization of Socrates does Plato offer in these texts?

Essay Topic 2

1) Explain the Socratic method. How is the method structured? What is the aim of this method? What logic is it based from? Why is Socrates known for this method?

2) Examine the discussion of piety in Euthyphro. How is the Socratic method used in this instance?

3) Examine the discussion of injustice in Crito. How is the Socratic method used in this instance?

Essay Topic 3

Socrates provides his way of life as evidence of his innocence in the trial of Apology.

1) What is Socrates' "way of life"? How does his way of life relate to the "central question" of life, as he sees it?

2) Why does Socrates compare himself to Achilles, with respect to his way of life?

3) Why does Socrates compare himself to an inhuman pest, with respect to his way of life?

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