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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 2, The Phaedo Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else disapproved of Euthyphro's decision?
(a) Many people.
(b) His son.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

2. What was the relationship, according to Crito and Socrates, between just actions and natural ones?
(a) Just actions are always natural.
(b) An action may be natural, but unjust.
(c) Natural actions are always just.
(d) An action may be just, but not natural.

3. What was the biggest factor that confused the debate between Socrates and Euthyphro?
(a) The lack of a written penal code.
(b) Euthyphro's inability to understand Socrates' reasoning.
(c) Euthyphro's education and Socrates' lack thereof.
(d) The polytheistic nature of their religion.

4. When did Socrates' dialogue with Crito take place?
(a) At Socrates' execution.
(b) After Socrates' sentencing, but before his death.
(c) Before Socrates' sentencing.
(d) Before Socrates was informed that he was being prosecuted.

5. What were Socrates and Euthyphro attempting to use as a measure to determine the morality of Euthyphro's decision?
(a) The relationships in Euthyphro's family.
(b) The approval of the gods.
(c) The unspoken code of conduct by which most Athenians abide.
(d) The laws of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date that the first dialogue was written?

2. How did the conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro begin?

3. What did Crito say about Socrates' dream?

4. What does the term "epistemology" mean, in philosophy?

5. When asked how to overcome the difficulty in the debate, what did Socrates suggest?

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