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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aristophanes' Clouds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Euthyphro's definition of piety depends upon what body of stories?
(a) The Epic of Gilgamesh.
(b) Greek mythology.
(c) Scandinavian mythology.
(d) Aesop's Fables.

2. What does Socrates ask the jury to believe about the gods in Apology?
(a) The gods love scientists.
(b) The gods are not divine, but human.
(c) The gods will care for those who are good.
(d) The gods appreciate regular sacrifice.

3. According to Socrates, what gives him the right to challenge society, in Apology?
(a) The power of his intellect.
(b) The power of his friendships.
(c) The politicians.
(d) Devotion to his god.

4. What does Socrates believe about the concept of objective truth?
(a) There is no such thing as objective truth.
(b) Men should strive for it, even if in the end they do not attain it.
(c) Any man who seeks objective truth is a great fool.
(d) Every man has it in him to know objective truth absolutely.

5. Pheidippides recites a text written by which man?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristophanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Socrates in Crito, what happens when individuals disagree on the matter of obeying or disobeying laws?

2. How does Socrates characterize the gods in Euthyphro?

3. What is the name of Socrates' institute in The Clouds?

4. According to Euthyphro, what might Socrates say about his own level of knowledge?

5. How can Crito's emotional state during Socrates' trial be characterized?

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