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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Athenian god is associated with the sun?

2. What was Euthyphro's relationship to the victim?

3. How does Tarrant recommend avoiding confusion based on differences in pagination between the versions?

4. What happened at the end of the dialogue between Euthyphro and Socrates?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who wrote the introduction to the Euthyphro?

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

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

5. Who are Apollo and Artemis?

6. Why was the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi created?

7. What does Tarrant say in the introductory notes about other versions of these dialogues?

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

9. Why did Socrates initially pursue his habit of questioning people?

10. In the context of the dialogue of the same name, what does "apology" mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Socrates denies the accusation that he tries to teach; he claims that he is only an ignorant man who is inquisitive in an effort to gain knowledge. How sincere do you think his profession of ignorance is? Do you think he really believes it? Or is it simply an effort to circumvent the pride of learned men and get them to talk to him, even though he is challenging their beliefs? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters in "The Last Days of Socrates." What was this person's relationship to Socrates? Did this person affect Socrates' decisions in any way? If so, how? What were this person's core beliefs? What topic did they debate with Socrates? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Socrates is still considered wise, more than 2000 years after his death. Why has he been nearly immortalized in the annals of history? Why is he considered so wise? Did his contemporaries feel the same way about him that modern philosophers do? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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