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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Plato's Apology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Euthyphro take place?
(a) In a government office.
(b) In Socrates' Thinkery.
(c) By a river.
(d) In prison.

2. Why did Socrates decide to worship the god that the oracle of Delphi channeled?
(a) The oracle complimented his looks.
(b) Socrates chose a god to worship randomly, because they don't exist, so it doesn't matter.
(c) The oracle had a correct pronouncement concerning wisdom.
(d) Socrates did it out of spite, because the oracle did not want Socrates to worship his god.

3. What is the name for Athens' hall of heroes?
(a) The Coliseum.
(b) The Prytaneum.
(c) The Acropolis.
(d) The Krytaniken.

4. What does Socrates have Euthyphro agree about, in regards to love?
(a) Love, like the top of Mount Olympus, can never truly be known.
(b) Things that are loved, are loved because they are loved by someone.
(c) Love is the mutual lack of disrespect between two people.
(d) Love always depends on exactly three parties.

5. Why does Socrates compare himself to a subhuman pest?
(a) He is small but dangerous.
(b) He is always underfoot.
(c) It takes more than poison to kill him.
(d) He wakes up the Athenian people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Socrates?

2. Why does Socrates object to the notion that piety is a system of exchange between gods and men?

3. Why is Socrates wiser than anyone he knows?

4. What is the basic impression of Socrates' overall defense strategy?

5. According to Athenian law, is Socrates innocent or guilty of the crimes charged to him?

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