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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. What celestial body is associated with Artemis?

2. How many people were jurors at Socrates' trial?

3. What were Socrates and Euthyphro attempting to use as a measure to determine the morality of Euthyphro's decision?

4. Which of the four dialogues is "The Apology"?

5. Euthyphro was prosecuting someone for what crime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How educated was Socrates, and why?

6. Why was the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi created?

7. What was the outcome of Socrates' trial?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When accused of blasphemy, Socrates insists that he was questioning the interpretation of the answer given to Chearephon by the Oracle of Delphi. What question did Chearephon ask? What answer was given to him by the Oracle? Why did Socrates find this response so difficult to believe? Do you think he was being truthful with his story about thinking the interpretation was incorrect? Why or why not? If not, what was his real reason for questioning the gods? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Socrates' final wish was that a rooster be given as an offering to Asclepius, the god of healing. What was the significance of this request? Why would Socrates ask for an offering to be given to Asclepius, instead of Apollo - the god of wisdom, and the one who supposedly gave Socrates his other inspirations? What is the significance of the rooster? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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