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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, The Phaedo: Chapter 1, Introduction & The Phaedo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people of his city felt that, for Socrates to have survived this battle, it must have taken a great deal of what?
(a) Luck.
(b) Diplomacy.
(c) Courage.
(d) Wisdom.

2. What is the first of the four dialogues contained in "The Last Days of Socrates"?
(a) The Apology.
(b) The Crito.
(c) The Euthyphro.
(d) The Phaedo.

3. What was the other possibility that Socrates contemplated regarding the afterlife?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Complete annihilation.
(c) Salvation.
(d) Eternal damnation.

4. What was Socrates' objection to Euthyphro prosecuting his relative?
(a) Loyalty to family should come before loyalty to the law.
(b) Euthyphro had no way to be sure he was prosecuting the right person.
(c) Euthyphro didn't know all of the circumstances surrounding the crime.
(d) Euthyphro was known to have committed some minor crimes himself, and no one in his family prosecuted him for it.

5. What does "apology" mean, in the context of the dialogue of that name?
(a) Socrates' entire defense at his trial.
(b) A plea to the jury for forgiveness.
(c) An explanation for one's behavior.
(d) The same as its modern definition.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Crito's dialogue with Socrates, who had the right to control a given set of circumstances, or a relationship?

2. Where was Socrates being prosecuted?

3. Who was prosecuting Socrates?

4. Who lost control of his emotions at Socrates' execution?

5. What did Crito offer Socrates?

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