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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Apology: Chapter 1, Introduction & The Apology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence did the Athenian authorities use to accuse Socrates of blasphemy?
(a) It was rumored that he had a "daemon", or an inner voice that was supposedly of divine origin.
(b) He was overheard questioning an Oracle about her faith.
(c) He openly praised gods other than the Athenian deities.
(d) He wrote a dissertation on the effectiveness of prayer based on responses he received to his inquiries.

2. Who went to see the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Chearephon.
(c) Xenophenes.
(d) Plato.

3. According to the conversation between Euthyphro and Socrates, what was the relationship between deities and mortals?
(a) The gods need men to give them a purpose.
(b) The gods would not exist without men.
(c) The gods and mortals had a mutual relationship.
(d) Men were at the mercy of the gods.

4. What does the term "epistemology" mean, in philosophy?
(a) The love of knowledge.
(b) Proving the inconsistency of another's argument.
(c) Using logic to prove an argument.
(d) The problem of knowledge, and how to acquire it.

5. At the end of his dialogue with Euthyphro, how did Socrates define "holy" actions?
(a) Actions that were once performed by the gods themselves.
(b) Actions that do not break any man-made laws.
(c) Actions that meet with the gods' approval.
(d) Actions that meet with the approval of those appointed by the gods as their representatives on earth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city was Socrates loyal to?

3. How well did the Grecian authors portray Socrates' beliefs?

4. People who knew Socrates referred to what quality that he possessed?

5. According to Socrates, why did he begin questioning the answer of the Oracle at Delphi?

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