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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic does Socrates discuss to dismantle Euthyphro's initial definition of piety?
(a) Food-making.
(b) War.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Love.

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

3. What is the name of Zeus' father?
(a) Titan.
(b) Kronos.
(c) Hades.
(d) Hercules.

4. Why does Euthyphro decide to end his conversation with Socrates?
(a) Socrates has become belligerent and angry.
(b) Euthyphro successfully argued his case, and emerged victorious.
(c) He is frustrated at the logical traps Socrates has put him in.
(d) Euthyphro was personally insulted after Socrates mentioned his father.

5. Why does the dialogue in Euthyphro end?
(a) Plato died before he finished writing it.
(b) Euthyphro becomes frustrated and leaves.
(c) Socrates is taken to prison.
(d) There is a great earthquake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is prophecy?

2. Euthyphro covers which section of Socrates' legal ordeal?

3. Why is Socrates put on trial?

4. At the end of Euthyphro, what does Socrates' "god" tell him?

5. What is the profession of Socrates?

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