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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. Thrasyllus was a scholar from what century?
(a) 1st century C.E.
(b) 1st century B.C.E.
(c) 3rd century C.E.
(d) 2nd century C.E.

2. What did Crito offer Socrates?
(a) An overturned sentence.
(b) A more comfortable place to spend his final days.
(c) Money.
(d) A safe place to escape to.

3. How were the four dialogues in "The Last Days of Socrates" chosen?
(a) They dealt with death as subject matter.
(b) They were written down immediately after Socrates' death.
(c) They were chronologically close to Socrates' death.
(d) They were written down and published shortly before Socrates' death.

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

5. Crito and Socrates agreed that what action is always unjust?
(a) Avoiding one's punishment.
(b) Judging another person.
(c) Harming others.
(d) Doing a just thing for the wrong reasons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Socrates claimed that he was questioning Euthyphro for what reason?

2. What city was Socrates loyal to?

3. What is the term for realizing that one's expectations are too high?

4. What was Socrates' objection to Euthyphro prosecuting his relative?

5. How did Socrates receive his sentencing?

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