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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Euthyphro: Chapter 1, The Euthyphro.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the notes in Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) To provide anecdotes that make the text more interesting.
(b) To help readers understand difficult words.
(c) To provide extra information for those who are interested.
(d) To help put the information into context.

2. Who was prosecuting Socrates?
(a) Meletus.
(b) Phaedo.
(c) Crito.
(d) Euthyphro.

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

4. Where was the battle that Socrates miraculously survived?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Thrace.
(d) Lyceum.

5. Who writes the comments introducing the first dialogue?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Tredennick.
(d) Tarrant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of the four dialogues contained in "The Last Days of Socrates"?

2. Why did Socrates begin his practice of Socratic inquiry?

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

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

5. What was unsettling, to Socrates, about the conversation he had with Euthyphro?

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