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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, The Crito: Chapter 1, Introduction & Crito.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Socrates ask Crito to be cautious?
(a) So that the guards wouldn't overhear them.
(b) So that Crito didn't implicate himself.
(c) So that Socrates' friends didn't discover his escape plot.
(d) So that the two could determine their own, and one another's, beliefs about what is just.

2. What does "apology" mean, in the context of the dialogue of that name?
(a) Socrates' entire defense at his trial.
(b) An explanation for one's behavior.
(c) The same as its modern definition.
(d) A plea to the jury for forgiveness.

3. What is the date that the first dialogue was written?
(a) 128 C.E.
(b) 462 B.C.E.
(c) Unknown.
(d) 537 B.C.E.

4. According to Book 1, Chapter 1, the oldest existing version of the dialogues is from what century?
(a) 12th century C.E.
(b) 9th century C.E.
(c) 2nd century C.E.
(d) 5th century C.E.

5. What is the first of the four dialogues contained in "The Last Days of Socrates"?
(a) The Apology.
(b) The Crito.
(c) The Phaedo.
(d) The Euthyphro.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of his dialogue with Euthyphro, how did Socrates define "holy" actions?

2. Who originally arranged these four dialogues in a group?

3. What evidence did the Athenian authorities use to accuse Socrates of blasphemy?

4. What did Socrates expect when he passed into the Underworld, according to his dialogue with Crito?

5. Why didn't Socrates obtain a higher education?

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