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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unsettling, to Socrates, about the conversation he had with Euthyphro?
(a) Euthyphro did not seem to care about Socrates' point of view.
(b) Socrates knew that Euthyphro was going to go ahead with his prosecution, even though Socrates believed it was immoral.
(c) He realized there was no way to know for sure what the gods wanted.
(d) There were some portions of Euthyphro's argument that Socrates had difficulty understanding.

2. People who knew Socrates referred to what quality that he possessed?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Other-worldiness.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Supernatural intellect.

3. According to Tarrant, what is the quality and accuracy of the dialogues originally recorded by Plato?
(a) Somewhat low.
(b) Very high.
(c) Somewhat high.
(d) Very low.

4. Why did Socrates begin his practice of Socratic inquiry?
(a) To engage learned men in conversation.
(b) To help students prepare for examinations.
(c) To determine the guilt or innocence of a suspected criminal.
(d) To help people gain greater insight into their own characters.

5. What aspect of the afterlife did Socrates claim to look forward to?
(a) Meeting others who had passed on.
(b) Not being subject to the judgments of others.
(c) Finally knowing the will of the gods.
(d) Being free from pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Thrasyllus was a scholar from what century?

2. How many groups of information are in the book's introductory material?

3. What did Socrates learn as a result of his dialogue with Euthyphro?

4. Why was Socrates involved in political conflict?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Socrates respond to people who commented on his great wisdom?

2. Who are some of the authors, mentioned in Book 3, Chapter 1, who wrote about Socrates?

3. What does Tarrant warn readers about, regarding Socrates, and the various literary characters based on him?

4. How educated was Socrates, and why?

5. Why is Euthyphro at the courthouse when Socrates is there?

6. Who wrote the introduction to the Euthyphro?

7. What charges are being brought against Socrates, and by whom?

8. What is "epistemology"?

9. What was the outcome of Socrates' trial?

10. What is included in the introductory material which prefaces the book?

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