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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Crito think Socrates displayed during his trial?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Nobility.
(d) Cowardice.

2. What is Socrates' stance on political activity?
(a) He believes a supreme dictator is what's needed in Greece.
(b) He only participates in politics at the request of his friends.
(c) He refrains from any political activity.
(d) He heartily engages in politics.

3. What does Socrates tell his friends and supporters after his sentence is decided?
(a) He makes them promise to build a bigger school after his death.
(b) He asks them to visit him and talk with him.
(c) He berates them for their lack of support.
(d) He asks them to never look upon him again.

4. Who are the characters in Crito?
(a) Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Eideron, and Crito.
(b) Crito, Socrates, and Meletus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Crito and Socrates.

5. What sentence does Meletus suggest for Socrates?
(a) A fine.
(b) An imprisonment of ten years.
(c) An imprisonment of one year.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship is Crito to Socrates?

2. Which is the second of three Socratic dialogues written by Plato?

3. How does Socrates try to prove that the Athenian definition of corruption is defective?

4. What does Socrates ask the jury to believe about the gods in Apology?

5. Who is the first person to accuse Socrates of corrupting the youth?

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