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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if Socrates fled to a city that was well-governed?
(a) He could plot his revenge.
(b) He would finally get justice.
(c) He would be a law-breaker, and suffer from the same bad reputation.
(d) He could live a life free from political ambition.

2. What is Strepsiades' ultimate goal when coming to Socrates?
(a) He wants to summon the courage to marry his sweetheart.
(b) He wants to trick his money lenders.
(c) He wants to replace Socrates.
(d) He wants to escape to Italy.

3. At a party, over what subject do Strepsiades and Pheidippides fight?
(a) A woman.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Law.

4. Which of the following terms best describes Pheidippides?
(a) Pious.
(b) Generous.
(c) Self-indulgent.
(d) Conservative.

5. Why has Strepsiades run into financial difficulties?
(a) Strepsiades has no financial difficulties; in fact, he is wealthy.
(b) Strepsiades paid dearly for an oracle's help.
(c) Strepsiades' son has been self-indulgent.
(d) Strepsiades has a weakness for gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to The Clouds, what force holds communities and families together?

2. What position does Strepsiades have in society?

3. What is Socrates' stance with respect to his sentence?

4. At the end of Clouds, what does Strepsiades believe about Zeus?

5. Citizens could not be good individuals without what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the consequences of breaking the law?

2. According to Socrates, why must experts always be obeyed?

3. What represents the "last straw" in Strepsiades' relationship with his son? Why does he refuse to speak to him in the end?

4. What is Socrates' attitude toward his impending death at the end of Crito?

5. What gives law authority, according to Socrates?

6. What does Aristophanes accuse Socrates of in The Clouds?

7. According to Socrates, why must one not commit injustices?

8. How does Socrates use the notion of a contract to reinforce his opinion that obeying the law is necessary?

9. How does Strepsiades react to Socrates' course of study in the Thinkery? How does Socrates in turn respond to Strepsiades?

10. What is Crito's opinion of Socrates, following his trial?

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