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

2. Which of Aristophenes' works include Socrates?
(a) "The Phaedo."
(b) "Memorabilia."
(c) "The Clouds."
(d) "The Wasteland."

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

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

5. How many groups of information are in the book's introductory material?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who provides the information contained in the notes of Book 1, Chapter 1?

2. What question did Socrates' friend ask of the Oracle?

3. The people of his city felt that, for Socrates to have survived this battle, it must have taken a great deal of what?

4. Who else disapproved of Euthyphro's decision?

5. Which two values are often found together in Socratic philosophy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Socrates and Euthyphro describe the relationship between deities and mortals?

3. Who wrote the introduction to the Euthyphro?

4. What was the outcome of Socrates' trial?

5. What was Socrates' explanation for why he had been, supposedly, challenging the Oracle's answer?

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

7. How were the four dialogues that were included in "The Last Days of Socrates" originally arranged?

8. What evidence is presented to support the prosecution of Socrates?

9. Why is the issue of ethics so confused in the case of Euthyphro and Socrates?

10. Why was the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi created?

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